Where does “pynta” come from?

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

pynta (Icelandic): to torture

Definitions

  1. to torture

Ancestry of “pynta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicpyndato torture
2Old Norsepynda—
3Old Englishpyndanto enclose, shut up, dam, impound; pen up
4Proto-West Germanic*pundijanto enclose (animals, water, etc.)

Words derived from “pynta”

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