Where does “funt” come from?
funt (English) comes from Russian фу́нт, from German pfund, from Middle High German pfunt, from Old High German pfunt, from Proto-West Germanic *pund, from Proto-Germanic pundą, from Latin pondus, from Proto-Italic pondos — to stretch.
funt (English): An old Russian unit of weight, approximately 410...
Definitions
- An old Russian unit of weight, approximately 410...
Ancestry of “funt”, step by step
funt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian фу́нт
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | фу́нт | pound (409.51241 grams) |
| 2 | German | pfund | a metric pound, 500 grams, half a kilogram |
| 3 | Middle High German | pfunt | — |
| 4 | Old High German | pfunt | pound |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *pund | pound (weight) |
| 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 |
via Yiddish פֿונט
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | פֿונט | pound |