Where does “junttaus” come from?
junttaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish juntata, from Finnish juntta, 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 — to stretch.
junttaus (Finnish): ramming pounding something hard, especially driving it into something
Definitions
- ramming pounding something hard, especially driving it into something
Ancestry of “junttaus”, step by step
junttaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish juntata
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | juntata | to ram; to rig |
| 2 | Finnish | juntta | pile driver, ram; junta |
| 3 | Russian | фу́нт | pound (409.51241 grams) |
| 4 | German | pfund | a metric pound, 500 grams, half a kilogram |
| 5 | Middle High German | pfunt | — |
| 6 | Old High German | pfunt | pound |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *pund | pound (weight) |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | pundą | pound |
| 9 | Latin | pondus | weight; weight of a pound; heaviness, weight of a... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | pondos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pénd-os | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |
via Finnish us
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | us | -ing |