Etymology Explorer › Middle High German

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”

  • Wortschatz
  • Schatzkarte
  • Schatz
  • Schätzchen
  • Schatzsuche
  • šoc
  • шоц
Every word from Proto-Germanic *skatt →