Where does “fetzen” come from?

fetzen (German) comes from Middle High German vetze, from Middle High German vazzen, from Old High German vaz, from Proto-Germanic fatą, from Proto-Indo-European pod- — vessel, container.

fetzen (German): to speed, to rush; to fight, to wrangle, to...

Definitions

  1. to speed, to rush; to fight, to wrangle, to...

Ancestry of “fetzen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanvetzerag, tatters
2Middle High Germanvazzen—
3Old High Germanvazvessel
4Proto-Germanicfatąvessel, container
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpod-vessel, container

Words derived from “fetzen”

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