An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/spitz

by Friedrich Kluge

spitz, adj., ‘pointed, acute, sharp,’ from the equiv. MidHG. spitz, spitze, OHG. spizzi; Goth. *spitj- (nom. *spitus) is wanting; comp. Spieß (2). No corresponding term is found in the non-Teut. languages. —