Kotz

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*kutą
2. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*kotā
3. Old Saxon · derived from*kota
4. Middle Low German · derived fromkōte
5. Middle High German · derived fromkote
6. English todayKotz

* As a German surname, from the name Kotsasse, Kotsate (literally “inhabitant of a cottage”), from Middle High German kote, from Middle Low German kōte, from Old Saxon *kota, from Proto-West Germanic *kotā, from Proto-Germanic *kutą. * As a German and Jewish surname, from Kotze (“coarse blanket”). * Also as a German surname Kötz, from the personal name Konrad. * As a Hungarian (Kótz) and German surname, of Slavic origin, from kóc (“untidy hair”) (compare Russian клок (klok, “tuft”)), presumably influenced by the word meaning coarse blanket (as in Polish koc).

Words from the same roots