Where does “tyngdepunkt” come from?
tyngdepunkt (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.
tyngdepunkt (Norwegian Bokmål): centre of gravity (UK, Canada), or center of gravity (US)
Definitions
- centre of gravity (UK, Canada), or center of gravity (US)
Ancestry of “tyngdepunkt”, step by step
tyngdepunkt 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 |