Etymology

Gottschee

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Today it means: A region in southern Slovenia which was historically inhabited by the Germanic Gottscheers who spoke Gottscheerish. Full definition →

German Gottschee ← Middle High German Gotsche
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  1. Middle High German · derived fromGotsche
  2. German · borrowed fromGottschee
  3. English todayGottschee

From German Gottschee, first mentioned in 1363 as Middle High German Gotsche. Compare the Slovenian name Kočevsko.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.