Where does “juntta” come from?
juntta (Finnish) 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.
juntta (Finnish): pile driver, ram; junta
Definitions
- pile driver, ram; junta
Ancestry of “juntta”, step by step
juntta traces back through 3 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 Swedish jungfru
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | jungfru | a young woman, a young lady; a virgin; a girl, a... |
| 2 | Old Norse | jungfrú | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | junkvrūwe | maiden |
| 4 | Middle Low German | vrūwe | lady |
| 5 | Old Saxon | frūa | lady |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | frawjǭ | lady, wife of a lord |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | proHwo- | master, judge; right judge, master |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Spanish junta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | junta | feminine singular of junto; council, committee;... |
| 2 | Spanish | junto | together; joined; next to |
| 3 | Latin | iūnctus | joined, having been joined |
| 4 | Latin | iungō | to join, unite, fasten, yoke, harness, attach; esp. of the hand: to clasp, join |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | jungō | to yoke; to join |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yunégti | to be joining |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yewg- | to join, to yoke, to tie together |