Where does “Rotpunktvisier” come from?
Rotpunktvisier (German) comes from German rōt, from Middle High German rōt, from Old High German rōt, from Proto-West Germanic raud, from Proto-Germanic raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rowdʰós, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- — red.
Rotpunktvisier (German): red dot sight
Definitions
- red dot sight
Ancestry of “Rotpunktvisier”, step by step
Rotpunktvisier traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German rōt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | rōt | — |
| 2 | Middle High German | rōt | red, red-haired |
| 3 | Old High German | rōt | red, scarlet, purple-red, brown-red, yellow-red |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | raud | red |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | raudaz | red |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁rowdʰós | red thing |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁rewdʰ- | red |
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 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 |