Where does “pfund” come from?
pfund (German) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pénd-os, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.
pfund (German): a metric pound, 500 grams, half a kilogram
Definitions
- a metric pound, 500 grams, half a kilogram
Ancestry of “pfund”, step by step
pfund traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle High German pfunt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | pfunt | — |
| 2 | Old High German | pfunt | pound |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *pund | pound (weight) |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | pundą | pound |
| 5 | Latin | pondus | weight; weight of a pound; heaviness, weight of a... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | pondos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pénd-os | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |
via Latin pondō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | pondō | by weight, in weight |