Where does “pütze” come from?

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

Ancestry of “pütze”, step by step

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

Words derived from “pütze”

Every word from Latin -al →