Where does “punkt” come from?

punkt (Czech) comes from Old Czech punkt, from Latin pūnctum, from Latin punctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

punkt (Czech): point, dot; period, full stop

Definitions

  1. point, dot; period, full stop

Ancestry of “punkt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Czechpunktpoint, degree, unit
2Latinpūnctumpoint
3Latinpunctuspricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;...
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin punctus →