Where does “pinder” come from?

pinder (English) comes from Middle English pindere, from Old English pyndere, from Old English pyndan, from Proto-West Germanic *pundijan — to enclose (animals, water, etc.).

pinder (English): A peanut, the nut-like pod containing the edible...

Definitions

  1. A peanut, the nut-like pod containing the edible...

Ancestry of “pinder”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishpindere—
2Old Englishpyndere—
3Old Englishpyndanto enclose, shut up, dam, impound; pen up
4Proto-West Germanic*pundijanto enclose (animals, water, etc.)
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *pundijan →Every word from Old English pyndan →Every word from Old English pyndere →