Etymology Explorer β€Ί Gothic

Where does β€œπ€πŒΏπŒ½πŒ³β€ come from?

π€πŒΏπŒ½πŒ³ (Gothic) comes from Proto-Germanic pundΔ…, from Latin pondus, from Proto-Italic pondos, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pΓ©nd-os, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- β€” to stretch.

π€πŒΏπŒ½πŒ³ (Gothic): pound

Definitions

  1. pound

Ancestry of β€œπ€πŒΏπŒ½πŒ³β€, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-GermanicpundΔ…pound
2Latinpondusweight; weight of a pound; heaviness, weight of a...
3Proto-Italicpondosβ€”
4Proto-Indo-European(s)pΓ©nd-osβ€”
5Proto-Indo-European(s)pend-to stretch
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- β†’