ritzen
German (Berlin)
/ˈʁɪt͡sən/
verb-weak
Definitions
- to scratch
- to cut self-harming behaviour
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German ritzen inherited from Old High German rizzen (cut, incise, tear, scratch) inherited from Proto-Germanic *ritjaną (scratch, cut, notch, score) derived from Proto-Indo-European *wrid-néh₂-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wrid-néh₂-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bewrite English
- cowrite English
- enwrite English
- forewrite English
- handwrite English
- inwrite English
- miswrite English
- outwrite English
- overwrite English
- prewrite English
- rewrite English
- rit English
- screenwrite English
- skywrite English
- sleepwrite English
- subwrite English
- torit English
- underwrite English
- unwrite English
- writability English
- writable English
- write English
- write-down English
- write-up English
- writeback English
- writee English
- writer English
- writest English
- writeth English
- writethrough English
- writing English
- writo English
- zerritzen German
- *wrid-néh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *ritjaną Proto-Germanic
- *rittan Old English
- ritten Middle English
- writen Middle English
- rizzen Old High German
- ritzen Middle High German
- raitim Tok Pisin