Where does “pondhawk” come from?
pondhawk (English) comes from English pond, from Middle English pond, from Old English pond, from Old English pund, from Proto-Germanic *pund, from Proto-Germanic pundą, from Latin pondus, from Proto-Italic pondos — to stretch.
pondhawk (English): Any of several dragonflies, of the genus Erythemis, native to North America
Definitions
- Any of several dragonflies, of the genus Erythemis, native to North America
Ancestry of “pondhawk”, step by step
pondhawk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pond
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pond | An inland body of standing water, either natural... |
| 2 | Middle English | pond | — |
| 3 | Old English | pond | — |
| 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 |
via English hawk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hawk | A diurnal predatory bird of the family... |
| 2 | English | hawker | A peddler, huckster, who travels about to sell... |
| 3 | Middle Low German | hȫker | peddler |
| 4 | Old High German | huchan | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *hūkan- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *hūkkan- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *huk(k)ōn- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *kuk-néh₂ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱewk- | flare up, glow; white; to glow, burn, lighten |