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> Interesting tidbit: Hotz actually means thief in a few languages.

You've piqued my inner language geek, but cursory Googling / Google Translate hasn't given me any luck. What language(s) would that be?

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‎hoţ (pronounced hotz) is Romanian for thief. Not sure what the etymology is but it could be a Slavic loan word.

Edit: looked it up... Unknown etymology. I guess if you count Moldovan as a separate language then it means thief in at least two languages...

I found https://blogulblog.wordpress.com/z-postari-pe-alte-teme-ling... which lists it as coming from Romani. However, I find that a bit weird, as it's čor – hoț. The first letter being https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_postalveolar_affrica...

So, yes, cioara could come from there, but not sure how you get from there to hot. And, DEX lists cioara as coming from the Albanian sorrë.

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I think the parent maybe have been attempting a joke. I also could not find any languages where Hotz means thief.

Interestingly it means cold in Basque and hotspot in Estonian.

If you google it, it comes up as the first result :) :)

https://www.google.com/search?q=hotz+thief

Your comment here comes up as the first result for me. The second and third results are other comments in this thread. None of the other results on page 1 or 2 have any relevance, so I'd say it's pretty obscure.

What languages are you referring to?

> If you google it, it comes up as the first result :) :)

As another user has mentioned, the only results in your query are links to this thread. Perhaps your results are different than mine?

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