Where does “Leuchtpunktvisier” come from?
Leuchtpunktvisier (German) comes from German Visier, from French visière, from Old French vis, from Latin vīsus, from Proto-Celtic wissos, from Proto-Indo-European widtós, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.
Leuchtpunktvisier (German): red dot sight
Definitions
- red dot sight
Ancestry of “Leuchtpunktvisier”, step by step
Leuchtpunktvisier traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German Visier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Visier | visor |
| 2 | French | visière | visor |
| 3 | Old French | vis | face; opinion |
| 4 | Latin | vīsus | having been seen |
| 5 | Proto-Celtic | wissos | known |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | widtós | seen; known |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |
via German leuchten
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | leuchten | to shine |
| 2 | Old High German | liuhten | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | liuhtijan | to shine, to illuminate |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | liuhtijaną | to give light, shine |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | lewḱ- | lynx |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | lewk- | bright; to shine; to see |
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 |