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
- exact, precise
Ancestry of “פּינקטלעך”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | פּונקט | just, exactly, precisely, promptly, punctually;... |
| 2 | Latin | pūnctum | point |
| 3 | Latin | punctus | pricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;... |
| 4 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |