Where does “Zuspitzung” come from?

Zuspitzung (German) comes from German zuspitzen, from German zu-, from Middle High German zuo-, from Old High German zuo-, from Proto-West Germanic *tō, from Proto-Germanic tō, from Proto-Indo-European de — Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...

Zuspitzung (German): tapering

Definitions

  1. tapering

Ancestry of “Zuspitzung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanzuspitzento sharpen, to point
2Germanzu-Prefix meaning to, to-, at, on, by; Obsolete form...
3Middle High Germanzuo-—
4Old High Germanzuo-—
5Proto-West Germanic*tō—
6Proto-Germanictōto
7Proto-Indo-EuropeandeEmphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European de →Every word from Proto-Germanic tō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *tō →