Where does “leesteken” come from?

leesteken (Dutch) comes from Dutch lezen, from Middle Dutch lēsen, from Old Dutch lesan, from Proto-West Germanic *lesan, from Proto-Germanic lesaną, from Proto-Indo-European les- — to gather, to collect.

leesteken (Dutch): a punctuation mark

Definitions

a punctuation mark

Ancestry of “leesteken”, step by step

leesteken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch lezen

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Dutch	lezen	to read; to gather
2	Middle Dutch	lēsen	to collect, gather, read
3	Old Dutch	lesan	to gather, to collect; to read
4	Proto-West Germanic	*lesan	—
5	Proto-Germanic	lesaną	to gather, collect
6	Proto-Indo-European	les-	to gather, to collect

via Dutch teken

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Dutch	teken	sign; signal; character
2	Middle Dutch	têken	mark, sign
3	Old Dutch	tēkan	—
4	Proto-West Germanic	taikn	sign, token, symbol
5	Proto-Germanic	taikną	sign, token, symbol
6	Proto-Indo-European	deyḱ-	to point out

Every word from Proto-Indo-European les- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lesaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *lesan →