Where does “Tiefpunkt” come from?
Tiefpunkt (German) comes from German tief, from Middle High German tief, from Old High German tiuf, from Proto-West Germanic deup, from Proto-Albanian deupa, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewp-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.
Tiefpunkt (German): bottom, lowest point, low point, low, trough,...
Definitions
- bottom, lowest point, low point, low, trough,...
Ancestry of “Tiefpunkt”, step by step
Tiefpunkt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German tief
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | tief | deep; low |
| 2 | Middle High German | tief | — |
| 3 | Old High German | tiuf | deep |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | deup | deep |
| 5 | Proto-Albanian | deupa | cradle, deposit |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewp- | Alternative form of *dʰewbʰ-; deep |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
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 |