Where does “Nutterich” come from?

Nutterich (German) comes from German Nutte, from Middle Low German nōte, from Old Saxon *hnutu, from Proto-West Germanic hnut, from Proto-Germanic hnuts, from Proto-Indo-European knew-, from Proto-Indo-European ken- — to arise, begin.

Nutterich (German): male prostitute

Definitions

  1. male prostitute

Ancestry of “Nutterich”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanNuttewhore; prostitute
2Middle Low Germannōtenut
3Old Saxon*hnutu—
4Proto-West Germanichnutnut
5Proto-Germanichnutsnut
6Proto-Indo-Europeanknew-to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub
7Proto-Indo-Europeanken-to arise, begin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ken- →
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