Rotz

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Cimbrian[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Rotz

  1. Rotzo (a town in Veneto, Italy)

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German rotz, roz, from Old High German roz, hroz, from Proto-West Germanic *hrott, *hrot, of imitative origin[1] or otherwise from Proto-Germanic *hrut(t)a-, from Proto-Indo-European *krut-nh₂-énti.[2]

Cognate with Old English hrot. Possibly related with Old High German hrūzan, Old English hrūtan (“to snore”). Compare also Ancient Greek κόρυζα (kóruza, “mucus”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʁɔt͡s/
  • Audio(file)

Noun[edit]

Rotz m (strong, genitive Rotzes, no plural)

  1. snot
  2. glanders

Declension[edit]

Declension of Rotz [sg-only, masculine, strong]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein der Rotz
genitive eines des Rotzes
dative einem dem Rotz, Rotze1
accusative einen den Rotz

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ “Rotz” in Duden online
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “hrungo”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 251

Further reading[edit]

  • “Rotz” in Duden online
  • “Rotz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hunsrik[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German rotz, roz, from Old High German roz, hroz, from Proto-West Germanic *hrott, *hrot, of imitative origin[1] or otherwise from Proto-Germanic *hrut(t)a-, from Proto-Indo-European *krut-nh₂-énti.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Rotz m

  1. snot

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ “Rotz” in Duden online

Further reading[edit]

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