köken: The first sense derives from the second, because dogs of this breed were used as police dogs. From Spitz + -el, called so because of their pointy tail.
aile: spitzeln, bespitzeln
Unsre Haasenhund sind die griechischen Soldaten, Doch die Spitzel und Wachtelhund haben g'rathen;
Eine Hundeberathung. Pudel, Fleischhaderhund, Pintsch, Mops und Spitzel.
köken: Inherited from Middle French balance, from Old French balance, from Vulgar Latin *bilancia, from Latin bilanx, from bi- (see Latin bis) and lanx.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin caperebor. ▲ Italian capireinflu. German kapierenbor. Proto-Indo-European *h₂euh₁-der.? Proto-Slavic *-ovati Old Polish -ować Polish -ować Polish kapować Polish -uś Polish kapuś From kapować + -uś.