Where does “puntutur” come from?

puntutur (Faroese) comes from Faroese -utur, from Old Norse -óttr, from Proto-Germanic -uhtaz.

puntutur (Faroese): having a pattern of checks; checkered, chiefly British chequered, North America checked

Definitions

  1. having a pattern of checks; checkered, chiefly British chequered, North America checked

Ancestry of “puntutur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Faroese-utursuffix used to create adjectives describing the...
2Old Norse-óttrsuffix used to create adjectives, meaning more or...
3Proto-Germanic-uhtaz—
Every word from Proto-Germanic -uhtaz →Every word from Old Norse -óttr →Every word from Faroese -utur →