Where does “Schatz” come from?

Schatz (German) comes from Middle High German schaz, from Old High German scaz, from Proto-Germanic *skatt.

Schatz (German): treasure; darling, sweetheart, honey

Definitions

  1. treasure; darling, sweetheart, honey

Ancestry of “Schatz”, step by step

Schatz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German schaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanschaz—
2Old High Germanscaz—
3Proto-Germanic*skatt—

via Middle High German schatz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanschatz—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *skatt →Every word from Old High German scaz →Every word from Middle High German schaz →