Where does “Puntlander” come from?
Puntlander (English) comes from English Puntland, from English Punt, from Irish punt, from Middle Irish punt, from Middle English pund, from Old English pund, from Proto-Germanic *pund, from Proto-Germanic pundą — to stretch.
Puntlander (English): An inhabitant of Puntland and/or its surrounding...
Definitions
- An inhabitant of Puntland and/or its surrounding...
Ancestry of “Puntlander”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Puntland | a regional state of north-eastern Somalia |
| 2 | English | Punt | A country contemporaneous with the |
| 3 | Irish | punt | pound; butt; tip |
| 4 | Middle Irish | punt | — |
| 5 | Middle English | pund | pound |
| 6 | Old English | pund | pound |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *pund | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | pundą | pound |
| 9 | Latin | pondus | weight; weight of a pound; heaviness, weight of a... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | pondos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pénd-os | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |