Where does “rottig” come from?

rottig (Old Dutch) comes from Old Dutch -ig, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

rottig (Old Dutch): snotty, full of mucus

Definitions

  1. snotty, full of mucus

Ancestry of “rottig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutch-ig
2Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
3Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
4Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱosEvery word from Proto-Germanic -gazEvery word from Proto-West Germanic -g
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