Where does “maund” come from?
maund (English) comes from Middle English maunde, from Old French mandé, from Middle Dutch mande, from Old Dutch manda, from Proto-West Germanic mandu, from Portuguese Manuel, from Spanish Manuel, from Hebrew עִמָּנוּאֵל — God is with us.
maund (English): A wicker basket; A unit of capacity with various...
Definitions
- A wicker basket; A unit of capacity with various...
Ancestry of “maund”, step by step
maund traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English maunde
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | maunde | The Last Supper |
| 2 | Old French | mandé | — |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | mande | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | manda | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | mandu | basket |
| 6 | Portuguese | Manuel | — |
| 7 | Spanish | Manuel | derived from biblical Emanuel |
| 8 | Hebrew | עִמָּנוּאֵל | — |
| 9 | Hebrew | עִמָּנוּ אֵל | God is with us |