Where does “Siedepunkt” come from?

Siedepunkt (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.

Siedepunkt (German): boiling point

Definitions

  1. boiling point

Ancestry of “Siedepunkt”, step by step

Siedepunkt 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 sieden

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansiedento simmer, seethe; to boil
2Middle High Germansiedento seethe
3Old High Germansiodanto seethe
4Proto-Germanicseuþanąto seethe; boil
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂sewt-to roil; to move about, roil, seethe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin punctus
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