Where does “Pond” come from?

Pond (Luxembourgish) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.

Pond (Luxembourgish): pound

Definitions

  1. pound

Ancestry of “Pond”, step by step

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