Etymology Explorer › German

Where does “Totschwätzer” come from?

Totschwätzer (German) comes from German tōt, from Middle High German tōt, from Old High German tōt, from Proto-West Germanic daud, from Proto-Germanic daudaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰowHtós.

Totschwätzer (German): a person who wastes everybody's time by talking a...

Definitions

  1. a person who wastes everybody's time by talking a...

Ancestry of “Totschwätzer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantōt—
2Middle High Germantōt—
3Old High Germantōt—
4Proto-West Germanicdauddead
5Proto-Germanicdaudazdead
6Proto-Indo-EuropeandʰowHtós—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰowHtós →