Where does “pünktlich” come from?

pünktlich (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.

pünktlich (German): punctual, on time

Definitions

  1. punctual, on time

Ancestry of “pünktlich”, step by step

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

Words derived from “pünktlich”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin punctus →