Where does “Drehpunkt” come from?
Drehpunkt (German) comes from German drehen, from Middle High German dræjen, from Old High German drāen, from Proto-West Germanic þrāan, from Proto-Germanic þrēaną, from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.
Drehpunkt (German): pivot
Definitions
- pivot
Ancestry of “Drehpunkt”, step by step
Drehpunkt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German drehen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | drehen | to turn, revolve, rotate, roll; to shoot; to veer |
| 2 | Middle High German | dræjen | — |
| 3 | Old High German | drāen | to turn; to twist; turn |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | þrāan | to twist |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | þrēaną | to twist, to turn |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |
via German Punkt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Punkt | dot; full stop, period; decimal point, point,... |
| 2 | Latin | pūnctum | point |
| 3 | Latin | punctus | pricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;... |
| 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 |