English
latschen
Latschen comes from German Latsche.
- Germanc. 1650–presentLatsche
- Englishearliest quotation 1853latschen
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Germanc. 1650–presentLatsche
- Englishearliest quotation 1853latschen
Earliest quotation: 1853, Charles Boner, Chamois Hunting in the Mountains of Bavaria: “At first he was partly hidden among the latschen,…”
Every English word from German Latsche
Today it means
noun Synonym of krummholz (“dense low matted bushes at the tree-line”).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / German Latsche / latschen