Where does “spießig” come from?
spießig (German) comes from German Spießer, from German Spießbürger, from German Bürger, from English Burger, from English Hamburger, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er — he, she.
spießig (German): square, bourgeois
Ancestry of “spießig”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Spießer | square; philistine; bourgeois |
| 2 | German | Spießbürger | square, philistine; provincial |
| 3 | German | Bürger | citizen, inhabitant, resident; legally recognized... |
| 4 | English | Burger | Alternative spelling of Burgher; A white wine... |
| 5 | English | Hamburger | A person from Hamburg |
| 6 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 7 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 8 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 9 | Latin | -āre | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 14 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |