Where does “schatz” come from?

schatz (Middle High German) comes from Old High German scaz, from Proto-Germanic *skatt.

Ancestry of “schatz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanscaz—
2Proto-Germanic*skatt—

Words derived from “schatz”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *skatt →Every word from Old High German scaz →