Where does “spottbillig” come from?

spottbillig (German) comes from German billig, from Middle High German billich, from Old High German billīh, from Proto-Germanic *bil(i).

spottbillig (German): dirt-cheap

Definitions

  1. dirt-cheap

Ancestry of “spottbillig”, step by step

spottbillig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German billig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbilligappropriate, meet, fair; cheap
2Middle High Germanbillich—
3Old High Germanbillīhappropriate
4Proto-Germanic*bil(i)—

via German Spott

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSpottmockery
2Middle High Germanspot—
3Old High Germanspotmockery
Every word from Proto-Germanic *bil(i) →Every word from Old High German billīh →Every word from Middle High German billich →