Where does “Aarsch” come from?

Aarsch (Pennsylvania German) comes from Old High German ars, from Proto-West Germanic ars, from Proto-Germanic arsaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁orsos — arse.

Aarsch (Pennsylvania German): ass, posterior, buttocks; butt end of an egg

Definitions

  1. ass, posterior, buttocks; butt end of an egg

Ancestry of “Aarsch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanarsanus
2Proto-West Germanicarsarse, anus, buttocks
3Proto-Germanicarsazarse/ass, anus, buttocks
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁orsosarse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁orsos →Every word from Proto-Germanic arsaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic ars →