Where does “Reibungspunkt” come from?
Reibungspunkt (German) comes from German Reibung, from German reiben, from Middle High German rīben, from Old High German rīban, from Proto-West Germanic wrīban, from Proto-Germanic wrībaną, from Proto-Indo-European werp-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
Reibungspunkt (German): point of friction
Definitions
- point of friction
Ancestry of “Reibungspunkt”, step by step
Reibungspunkt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Reibung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Reibung | friction |
| 2 | German | reiben | to rub; to chafe; to grate |
| 3 | Middle High German | rīben | — |
| 4 | Old High German | rīban | to rub |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | wrīban | to rub; to wipe |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | wrībaną | to rub; to wipe |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | werp- | to bend |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |
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 |