An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/spitz

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

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2649881An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — spitzJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

spitz, adjective, ‘pointed, acute, sharp,’ from the equivalent Middle High German spitz, spitze, Old High German spizzi; Gothic *spitj- (nominative *spitus) is wanting; compare Spieß (2). No corresponding term is found in the non-Teutonic languages. —