An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Petze
Petze, feminine, ‘bitch, she-bear’; early Modern High German; its relation to the equivalent English bitch (from Anglo-Saxon bičče) and French biche is uncertain.
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Petze, feminine, ‘bitch, she-bear’; early Modern High German; its relation to the equivalent English bitch (from Anglo-Saxon bičče) and French biche is uncertain.