Where does “Pyramidenspitze” come from?

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

Pyramidenspitze (German): apex (the topmost vertex of a pyramid)

Definitions

  1. apex (the topmost vertex of a pyramid)

Ancestry of “Pyramidenspitze”, step by step

Pyramidenspitze traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via German spitze

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanspitzegreat, awesome; inflection of spitzen: ##...
2Middle High Germanspitze—
3Old High Germanspizza—
4Proto-Germanicspitjaz—

via German Pyramide

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPyramidepyramid
2Latinpȳramisa pyramid
3Ancient Greekπυραμίςpyramid; a type of cake
4Ancient Greek-ῐςa woman pertaining to —; "suffix forming feminine...

via German N

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanNAbbreviation of Nord; north
2GermanNordthe north; a wind coming from the north
Every word from Proto-Germanic spitjaz →Every word from Old High German spizza →Every word from Middle High German spitze →