Etymology Explorer
› Middle High German
Where does “rotz” come from?
rotz (Middle High German) comes from Old High German roz, from Proto-West Germanic *hrott.
Ancestry of “rotz”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old High German
roz
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2
Proto-West Germanic
*hrott
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Words derived from “rotz”
Rotz
rotzig
rotzfrech
Rotzbengel
Rotznase
Rotzigkeit
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