Where does “pfütze” come from?

pfütze (German) comes from Middle High German pfütze, from Old High German pfuzzi, from Proto-Germanic *puti, from Latin puteus, from Latin -al — noun-forming suffix.

pfütze (German): puddle, shallow pool

Definitions

  1. puddle, shallow pool

Ancestry of “pfütze”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanpfütze—
2Old High Germanpfuzzipool
3Proto-Germanic*puti—
4Latinputeuspit, dungeon; well; cistern
5Latin-alnoun-forming suffix

Words derived from “pfütze”

Every word from Latin -al →Every word from Latin puteus →Every word from Proto-Germanic *puti →