Where does “spitze” come from?

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

spitze (German): great, awesome; inflection of spitzen: ##...

Definitions

  1. great, awesome; inflection of spitzen: ##...

Ancestry of “spitze”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanspitze
2Old High Germanspizza
3Proto-Germanicspitjaz

Words derived from “spitze

Every word from Proto-Germanic spitjazEvery word from Old High German spizzaEvery word from Middle High German spitze
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