English
rotche
Rotche may come from Dutch rotje ‘petrel’.
- Dutchc. 1500–presentrotje‘petrel’uncertain
- Englishtodayrotche
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Dutchc. 1500–presentrotje‘petrel’uncertain
- Englishtodayrotche
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₃d- ‘to scrape, gnaw, scratch’
root, erosion, corrosion, rodent, rout, erode, rostrum, corrode, rostral, 5 more
through Proto-Germanic *rattaz ‘rat’
Today it means
noun A small alcid of the north Atlantic, the little auk, Alle alle.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Dutch rotje / rotche