Where does “verschmutzen” come from?

verschmutzen (German) comes from German Schmutz, from Middle High German smuz.

verschmutzen (German): to soil

Definitions

  1. to soil

Ancestry of “verschmutzen”, step by step

verschmutzen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Schmutz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchmutzdirt
2Middle High Germansmuz—

via German ver- -en

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanver- -enForms factitive verbs from adjectives, meaning "to make more (adjective)"

Words derived from “verschmutzen”

Every word from Middle High German smuz →Every word from German Schmutz →