Where does “Meddpunkt” come from?
Meddpunkt (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Punkt, from Middle Low German punct, from Latin pūnctum, from Latin punctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
Meddpunkt (Plautdietsch): midpoint, center
Definitions
- midpoint, center
Ancestry of “Meddpunkt”, step by step
Meddpunkt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Plautdietsch Punkt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plautdietsch | Punkt | dot, point, jot |
| 2 | Middle Low German | punct | — |
| 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 Plautdietsch Medd
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plautdietsch | Medd | — |