Where does “pieturzīme” come from?

pieturzīme (Latvian) comes from Latvian zīme, from Latvian zīmēt — to draw; to depict; to picture.

pieturzīme (Latvian): punctuation mark

Definitions

  1. punctuation mark

Ancestry of “pieturzīme”, step by step

pieturzīme traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latvian zīme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianzīmesign; token; symbol
2Latvianzīmētto draw; to depict; to picture

via Latvian pieturas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianpieturasstop
Every word from Latvian zīmēt →Every word from Latvian zīme →