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

Totschwätzer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German tōt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantōtdead, deceased
2Middle High Germantōt—
3Old High Germantōtdead
4Proto-West Germanicdauddead
5Proto-Germanicdaudazdead
6Proto-Indo-EuropeandʰowHtós—

via German schwätzer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschwätzerwindbag, babbler, prattler, chatterer
2Middle High Germanswetzer—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰowHtós →Every word from Proto-Germanic daudaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic daud →
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