שפּיז
Appearance
Yiddish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Most likely cognate with German Spieß, in which case inherited from Middle High German spiez (“pike”) and Middle High German spiz (“spit”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *speut (“spear”) and Proto-Germanic *spituz respectively. Usage as a feminine noun possibly influenced by etymologically unrelated Slavic terms.
Noun
[edit]שפּיז • (shpiz) m or f, plural שפּיזן (shpizn)
- spear (long stick with a sharp tip)
Derived terms
[edit]- שפּיזל (shpizl, “knitting needle”)
- באַשפּיזן (bashpizn, “to equip with a spear”)
- בראָטשפּיז (brotshpiz, “roasting spit”)
Related terms
[edit]- שפּיזן (shpizn, “to spear”)
Categories:
- Yiddish terms inherited from Middle High German
- Yiddish terms derived from Middle High German
- Yiddish terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Yiddish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Yiddish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Yiddish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Yiddish lemmas
- Yiddish nouns
- Yiddish masculine nouns
- Yiddish feminine nouns
- Yiddish nouns with multiple genders
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