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Where does “Stützpunkt” come from?

Stützpunkt (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.

Stützpunkt (German): point of support; fulcrum; base

Definitions

  1. point of support; fulcrum; base

Ancestry of “Stützpunkt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPunktdot; full stop, period; decimal point, point,...
2Latinpūnctum—
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

Words derived from “Stützpunkt”

  • штицпункт
  • šticpunkt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →