Where does “Geisterspiel” come from?
Geisterspiel (German) comes from German geist, from Middle High German geist, from Old High German geist, from Proto-West Germanic gaist, from Proto-Germanic gaistaz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰeysd- — anger, agitation.
Geisterspiel (German): game without any spectators typically deliberately excluded as a consequence of prior violence or other violations
Definitions
- game without any spectators typically deliberately excluded as a consequence of prior violence or other violations
Ancestry of “Geisterspiel”, step by step
Geisterspiel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.