Where does “gatze” come from?

gatze (Middle Low German) comes from Old High German gazza, from Proto-West Germanic *gatwā, from Proto-Germanic gatwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European gʰodweh₂.

Ancestry of “gatze”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germangazzalane
2Proto-West Germanic*gatwā
3Proto-Germanicgatwǭstreet, passage
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʰodweh₂

Words derived from “gatze

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰodweh₂Every word from Proto-Germanic gatwǭEvery word from Proto-West Germanic *gatwā
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