Where does “þyngdarpunktur” come from?
þyngdarpunktur (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic punktur, from Old Norse punktr, from Latin pūnctum, from Latin punctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
þyngdarpunktur (Icelandic): center of gravity
Definitions
- center of gravity
Ancestry of “þyngdarpunktur”, step by step
þyngdarpunktur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic punktur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | punktur | dot, point, period, full stop; point; pixel |
| 2 | Old Norse | punktr | — |
| 3 | Latin | pūnctum | point |
| 4 | Latin | punctus | pricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;... |
| 5 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |