Where does “pynda” come from?
pynda (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse pynda, from Old English pyndan, from Proto-West Germanic *pundijan.
pynda (Icelandic): to torture
Ancestry of “pynda”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | pynda | — |
| 2 | Old English | pyndan | to enclose, shut up, dam, impound; pen up |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *pundijan | — |
Words derived from “pynda”