Where does “Endspiel” come from?

Endspiel (German) comes from German spiel, from Middle High German spil, from Old High German spil, from Proto-West Germanic spil — dance; game, exercise.

Endspiel (German): final

Definitions

  1. final

Ancestry of “Endspiel”, step by step

Endspiel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German spiel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanspiela game instance or way of playing
2Middle High Germanspil—
3Old High Germanspil—
4Proto-West Germanicspildance; game, exercise

via German ende

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanendeinflection of enden: ## first-person singular...
2Middle High Germanendeend

Words derived from “Endspiel”

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