Where does “punktere” come from?

punktere (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Medieval Latin punctuare, from Latin punctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

punktere (Norwegian Bokmål): to puncture, pierce

Definitions

  1. to puncture, pierce

Ancestry of “punktere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinpunctuareto mark with points; present active infinitive of...
2Latinpunctuspricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;...
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin punctus →