Rotz

Cimbrian

Proper noun

Rotz

  1. Rotzo (a town in Veneto, Italy)

German

Etymology

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
  • IPA(key): /ʁɔt͡s/
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Noun

Rotz m (strong, genitive Rotzes, no plural)

  1. snot
  2. glanders

Declension
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

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

Hunsrik

Etymology

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
  • IPA(key): /rot͡s/

Noun

Rotz m

  1. snot

Derived terms
  • rotzich
  • Rotznaas

References
  1. “Rotz” in Duden online

Further reading
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