Where does “tidspunkt” come from?
tidspunkt (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.
tidspunkt (Norwegian Bokmål): time, moment, point (in time), point in time
Definitions
- time, moment, point (in time), point in time
Ancestry of “tidspunkt”, step by step
tidspunkt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål punkt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | punkt | point; a dot |
| 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 |
via Norwegian Bokmål tid
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | tid | time; an age or era |
| 2 | Old Norse | tíð | time; hour; divine service, prayers |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | tīdiz | time; period, interval |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | déh₂itis | interval, period of time |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂y- | to share, divide |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂- | to share, divide |