Where does “punkt” come from?

punkt (Polish) comes from Latin pūnctum, from Latin punctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

punkt (Polish): dot; point; spot

Definitions

  1. dot; point; spot

Ancestry of “punkt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpūnctumpoint
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

Words derived from “punkt”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin punctus →