Where does “spottsüchtig” come from?

spottsüchtig (German) comes from German Spott, from Middle High German spot, from Old High German spot — mockery.

spottsüchtig (German): Excessively mocking

Definitions

  1. Excessively mocking

Ancestry of “spottsüchtig”, step by step

spottsüchtig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Spott

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSpottmockery
2Middle High Germanspot—
3Old High Germanspotmockery

via German süchtig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansüchtigaddicted
2Old High Germansuhtīg—
Every word from Old High German spot →Every word from Middle High German spot →Every word from German Spott →
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