Where does “Punt” come from?
Punt (English) comes from Irish punt, from Middle Irish punt, from Middle English pund, from Old English pund, from Proto-Germanic *pund, from Proto-Germanic pundą, from Latin pondus, from Proto-Italic pondos — to stretch.
Ancestry of “Punt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Irish | punt | pound; butt; tip |
| 2 | Middle Irish | punt | — |
| 3 | Middle English | pund | pound |
| 4 | Old English | pund | pound |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *pund | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | pundą | pound |
| 7 | Latin | pondus | weight; weight of a pound; heaviness, weight of a... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | pondos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pénd-os | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |
Words derived from “Punt”