Where does “piintu” come from?

piintu (Cahuilla) comes from Spanish pinto, from Vulgar Latin pinctus, from Latin Pictus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

piintu (Cahuilla): striped, spotted

Definitions

striped, spotted

Ancestry of “piintu”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Spanish	pinto	spotted, pinto, mottled, blotchy; clever,...
2	Vulgar Latin	pinctus	—
3	Latin	Pictus	a Pict, a resident of early Scotland
4	Latin	-tus	Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5	Proto-Italic	-tus	—
6	Proto-Indo-European	-tus	Derives action nouns from verb roots

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin Pictus →