An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Harz

by Friedrich Kluge

Harz, n., ‘resin,’ from MidHG. harz, n. and m., ‘resin, bitumen,’ with the variants hars, harse; OHG. harz, and with a suffix harzoh, ‘resin’; Du. hars, f., with an abnormal s, but LG. hart; unknown to E. and Scand. as well as Goth.; of obscure origin, scarcely allied to Gr. κάρδαμον, ‘cress,’ For other OTeut. words with the same meaning see under Bernstein and Ritt (also Theer).