Where does “patzen” come from?

patzen (German) comes from German batzen, from German backen, from Middle High German backen, from Old High German backan, from Middle High German bachen, from Old High German bahhan, from Proto-Germanic bakan — back.

patzen (German): to blunder

Definitions

  1. to blunder

Ancestry of “patzen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbatzento agglutinate by thrusting; to be sticky, soft;...
2Germanbackento bake; to roast; to fry; to fire
3Middle High Germanbacken—
4Old High Germanbackan—
5Middle High Germanbachen—
6Old High Germanbahhanto bake
7Proto-Germanicbakanback

Words derived from “patzen”

Every word from Proto-Germanic bakan →