Where does “שפּיץ” come from?

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

שפּיץ (Yiddish): point, tip; top, summit

Definitions

  1. point, tip; top, summit

Ancestry of “שפּיץ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanspitze—
2Old High Germanspizza—
3Proto-Germanicspitjaz—

Words derived from “שפּיץ”

Every word from Proto-Germanic spitjaz →Every word from Old High German spizza →Every word from Middle High German spitze →