Where does “Fluchtpunkt” come from?
Fluchtpunkt (German) comes from German Flucht, from Middle Low German vlucht, from Proto-West Germanic *fluhtī, from Proto-Germanic *fluhtiją, from Proto-Germanic flehtaną, from Proto-Indo-European pleḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pel- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.
Fluchtpunkt (German): vanishing point
Definitions
- vanishing point
Ancestry of “Fluchtpunkt”, step by step
Fluchtpunkt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Flucht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Flucht | escape, flight; line, alignment; suite, line of... |
| 2 | Middle Low German | vlucht | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *fluhtī | act of flying, flight |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *fluhtiją | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | flehtaną | to plait, to weave |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pleḱ- | to fold, plait, weave |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |
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 |