Where does “אויפֿרײַסשפּיץ” come from?

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

אויפֿרײַסשפּיץ (Yiddish): warhead

Definitions

  1. warhead

Ancestry of “אויפֿרײַסשפּיץ”, step by step

אויפֿרײַסשפּיץ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish שפּיץ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishשפּיץpoint, tip; top, summit
2Middle High Germanspitze—
3Old High Germanspizza—
4Proto-Germanicspitjaz—

via Yiddish אויפֿרײַס

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishאויפֿרײַסexplosion
2Yiddishאויפֿרײַסןto tear, pry open
Every word from Proto-Germanic spitjaz →Every word from Old High German spizza →Every word from Middle High German spitze →