Where does “Gesprächspunkt” come from?

Gesprächspunkt (German) comes 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.

Gesprächspunkt (German): talking point, topic of a conversation

Definitions

  1. talking point, topic of a conversation

Ancestry of “Gesprächspunkt”, step by step

Gesprächspunkt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Punkt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPunktdot; full stop, period; decimal point, point,...
2Latinpūnctumpoint
3Latinpunctuspricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;...
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via German Gespräch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGesprächconversation, chat
2Middle High Germangespræche
3Old High Germangisprāhhi
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin punctus