Etymology Explorer
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Where does “spitze” come from?
spitze (Middle High German) comes from Old High German spizza, from Proto-Germanic spitjaz.
Ancestry of “spitze”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old High German
spizza
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2
Proto-Germanic
spitjaz
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Words derived from “spitze”
spids
Spëtzt
שפּיץ
spitze
fingerspids
שפּיציק
knivspids
Fingerspitze
Pfeilspitze
Turmspitze
Spitzentanz
spitzfindig
Lanzenspitze
Spitzenkandidat
Zehenspitze
Bergspitze
Spitzenqualität
Spitzenspiel
Zugspitze
spitzenmäßig
Spitzenverbrauch
Spitzenkandidatin
Spitzenverdiener
Hohlspitzgeschoss
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