Where does “Punkt” come from?

Punkt (German) comes from Latin pūnctum, from Latin punctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

Punkt (German): dot; full stop, period; decimal point, point,...

Definitions

  1. dot; full stop, period; decimal point, point,...

Ancestry of “Punkt”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Punkt”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →