Etymology Explorer › Danish

Where does “spids” come from?

spids (Danish) comes from Middle High German spitze, from Old High German spizza, from Proto-Germanic spitjaz.

spids (Danish): pointed, sharp; tapering; pinched

Definitions

  1. pointed, sharp; tapering; pinched

Ancestry of “spids”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanspitze—
2Old High Germanspizza—
3Proto-Germanicspitjaz—

Words derived from “spids”

  • knivspids
  • fingerspids
Every word from Proto-Germanic spitjaz →