Where does “Rottweiler” come from?

Rottweiler (German) comes from German -er, from Old High German -āri, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

Rottweiler (German): a man from the city of Rottweil; Rottweiler;...

Definitions

  1. a man from the city of Rottweil; Rottweiler;...

Ancestry of “Rottweiler”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1German-erForms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to...
2Old High German-āriused to form agent nouns
3Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
4Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
5Latin-āriuser
6Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “Rottweiler”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from German -er →