Where does “פּינקטלעך” come from?

פּינקטלעך (Yiddish) comes 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.

פּינקטלעך (Yiddish): exact, precise

Definitions

  1. exact, precise

Ancestry of “פּינקטלעך”, step by step

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

Words derived from “פּינקטלעך

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin punctus