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Basel-Landschaft
drotz
Basel-Landschaft
drutz
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/tʁɔt͡s/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German traz, from an unknown source whence also Dutch tarten (“to provoke, dare”). Pokorny connects the words to Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to tear”) and compares them with Old English teart (“tart”), while Pfeifer suspects an onomatopoeic origin (DWDS). Others have compared Proto-Germanic *þrawaz (“stubborn, obstinate”).
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