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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanroz—
2Proto-West Germanic*hrott—

Words derived from “rotz”

  • Rotzigkeit
  • rotzfrech
  • rotzig
  • Rotz
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *hrott →