Where does “punktlighed” come from?
punktlighed (Danish) comes from Danish punktlig, from German pünktlich, from German 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.
punktlighed (Danish): punctuality
Definitions
- punctuality
Ancestry of “punktlighed”, step by step
punktlighed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish punktlig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | punktlig | punctual |
| 2 | German | pünktlich | punctual, on time |
| 3 | German | Punkt | dot; full stop, period; decimal point, point,... |
| 4 | Latin | pūnctum | point |
| 5 | Latin | punctus | pricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;... |
| 6 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |