Where does “Klöppelspitze” come from?

Klöppelspitze (German) comes from German klöppeln, from German -en, from Middle High German -en, from Old High German -īn, from Proto-Germanic -īnaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

Klöppelspitze (German): bobbin lace

Definitions

  1. bobbin lace

Ancestry of “Klöppelspitze”, step by step

Klöppelspitze traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German klöppeln

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanklöppelnto make lace
2German-enA suffix of verbs in their infinitive form; A...
3Middle High German-en—
4Old High German-īn—
5Proto-Germanic-īnaz-en
6Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
7Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

via German spitze

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanspitzegreat, awesome; inflection of spitzen: ##...
2Middle High Germanspitze—
3Old High Germanspizza—
4Proto-Germanicspitjaz—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from German -en →Every word from Proto-Germanic -īnaz →