Where does “אומפּינקטלעך” come from?

אומפּינקטלעך (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish פּינקטלעך, from Yiddish פּונקט, from Latin pūnctum, from Latin punctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

אומפּינקטלעך (Yiddish): inaccurate, imprecise

Definitions

  1. inaccurate, imprecise

Ancestry of “אומפּינקטלעך”, step by step

אומפּינקטלעך traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish פּינקטלעך

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishפּינקטלעךexact, precise
2Yiddishפּונקטjust, exactly, precisely, promptly, punctually;...
3Latinpūnctumpoint
4Latinpunctuspricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;...
5Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Italic-tus
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Yiddish אומ־

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishאומ־un-, in-
2Old High Germanun-un-; prefix of negation, absence or contrariness
3Proto-West Germanicun-not, un-
4Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
5Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
6Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin punctus