Where does “pointen” come from?

pointen (Middle English) comes from Old French pointier, from Old French point, from Latin pūnctum, from Latin punctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

Ancestry of “pointen”, step by step

pointen traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French pointier

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpointier—
2Old Frenchpointa sting; a prick; moment; time; dot
3Latinpūnctumpoint
4Latinpunctuspricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;...
5Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Italic-tus—
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Old French pointer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpointer—
2LatinpunctuoI mark with a point or by pointing; point, prick
3Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
4Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

via Old French poynter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpoynter—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →