Where does “puntsman” come from?
puntsman (English) comes 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, from Latin pondus — to stretch.
Ancestry of “puntsman”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Punt | A country contemporaneous with the |
| 2 | Irish | punt | pound; butt; tip |
| 3 | Middle Irish | punt | — |
| 4 | Middle English | pund | pound |
| 5 | Old English | pund | pound |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *pund | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | pundą | pound |
| 8 | Latin | pondus | weight; weight of a pound; heaviness, weight of a... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | pondos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pénd-os | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |