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Where does “pfundig” come from?

pfundig (German) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pénd-os — to stretch.

pfundig (German): voluptuous, curvaceous, literally poundy

Definitions

  1. voluptuous, curvaceous, literally poundy

Ancestry of “pfundig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanpfund—
2Middle High Germanpfunt—
3Old High Germanpfuntpound
4Proto-West Germanic*pund—
5Proto-Germanicpundąpound
6Latinpondusweight; weight of a pound; heaviness, weight of a...
7Proto-Italicpondos—
8Proto-Indo-European(s)pénd-os—
9Proto-Indo-European(s)pend-to stretch
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