Where does “פֿינגערשפּיץ” come from?

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

פֿינגערשפּיץ (Yiddish): fingertip

Definitions

  1. fingertip

Ancestry of “פֿינגערשפּיץ”, step by step

פֿינגערשפּיץ 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 פֿינגער

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishפֿינגערfinger, toe
Every word from Proto-Germanic spitjaz →Every word from Old High German spizza →Every word from Middle High German spitze →