Where does “Notarzt” come from?

Notarzt (German) comes from German Arzt, from Middle High German erze, from Old High German aruzzi, from Proto-Germanic aruts, from Proto-Germanic arud-, from Sumerian ? — copper.

Notarzt (German): emergency physician male or of unspecified gender

Definitions

  1. emergency physician male or of unspecified gender

Ancestry of “Notarzt”, step by step

Notarzt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Arzt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanArztdoctor, physician
2Middle High Germanerze—
3Old High Germanaruzzi—
4Proto-Germanicarutsore
5Proto-Germanicarud-—
6Sumerian?copper

via German nōt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germannōtneed, imminence
2Middle High Germannōt—
3Old High Germannōtcontrol (by violence), compulsion, coercion, extortion
4Proto-West Germanic*naudiforce, compulsion
5Proto-Germanicnaudizneed; trouble, distress; compulsion, force

Words derived from “Notarzt”

Every word from Sumerian ? →Every word from Proto-Germanic arud- →Every word from Proto-Germanic aruts →