Where does “pynda” come from?

pynda (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse pynda, from Old English pyndan, from Proto-West Germanic *pundijan — to enclose (animals, water, etc.).

pynda (Icelandic): to torture

Definitions

  1. to torture

Ancestry of “pynda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsepynda—
2Old Englishpyndanto enclose, shut up, dam, impound; pen up
3Proto-West Germanic*pundijanto enclose (animals, water, etc.)

Words derived from “pynda”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *pundijan →Every word from Old English pyndan →Every word from Old Norse pynda →