Where does “Blitzgneißer” come from?

Blitzgneißer (Bavarian) comes from Bavarian Gneißer, from Bavarian er, from Middle High German er, from Old High German ēr, from Proto-West Germanic iʀ, from Proto-Germanic jīz, from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs — you (plural).

Blitzgneißer (Bavarian): someone who quickly realizes, understands, gets it, twigs

Definitions

  1. someone who quickly realizes, understands, gets it, twigs

Ancestry of “Blitzgneißer”, step by step

Blitzgneißer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Bavarian Gneißer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1BavarianGneißersomeone who realizes, understands, gets it, twigs
2Bavarianerhe
3Middle High Germanerhe
4Old High Germanērore; brass; formerly, previously; early
5Proto-West Germaniciʀhe, it
6Proto-GermanicjīzAlternative form of *jūz
7Proto-Indo-European*yúHsyou (plural)

via Bavarian Blitz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1BavarianBlitz—

Words derived from “Blitzgneißer”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs →