Where does “nullpunkt” come from?
nullpunkt (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål punkt, 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.
nullpunkt (Norwegian Bokmål): zero; zero point; rock bottom
Definitions
- zero; zero point; rock bottom
Ancestry of “nullpunkt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | punkt | point; a dot |
| 2 | Old Norse | punktr | — |
| 3 | Latin | pūnctum | — |
| 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 |