Where does “Spitzenspiel” come from?

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

Spitzenspiel (German): top game, top match

Definitions

  1. top game, top match

Ancestry of “Spitzenspiel”, step by step

Spitzenspiel 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 spiel

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

Words derived from “Spitzenspiel”

Every word from Proto-Germanic spitjaz →Every word from Old High German spizza →Every word from Middle High German spitze →