Spießrute
German (Berlin)
/ˈʃpiːsˌʁuːtə/
noun
Definitions
- (military) kind of prod used to punish lansquenets
Etymology
Compound from German Spieß (pike, spear, skewer, spike, spit) + German Rute (rod, cane, switch, staff, pole, formerly also pole).
Origin
German (Berlin)
Rute
Gloss
rod, cane, switch, staff, pole, formerly also pole
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
棒
Emoji
🎣 💈
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- rute English
- -n- German
- Angelrute German
- Goldrute German
- Lauf German
- Rute German
- Rutengänger German
- Spieß German
- Spießbürger German
- Spießrutenlauf German
- spießen German
- rúd Hungarian
- szpicruta Polish
- ruote Middle High German
- spiȥ Middle High German