Where does “Speerspitze” come from?

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

Speerspitze (German): spearhead (head of a spear or lance)

Definitions

  1. spearhead (head of a spear or lance)

Ancestry of “Speerspitze”, step by step

Speerspitze traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German spitze

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

via German Speer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSpeerspear; javelin
2Old High Germansperspear
3Proto-Germanicsperuspear
4Proto-Indo-EuropeansperH-to kick
Every word from Proto-Germanic spitjaz →Every word from Old High German spizza →Every word from Middle High German spitze →
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