Where does “punt-ghunn” come from?
punt-ghunn (Manx) comes from Manx punt, from Middle Irish punt, from Middle English pund, from Old English pund, from Proto-Germanic *pund, from Proto-Germanic pundą, from Latin pondus, from Proto-Italic pondos — to stretch.
punt-ghunn (Manx): punt gun
Definitions
- punt gun
Ancestry of “punt-ghunn”, step by step
punt-ghunn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Manx punt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manx | punt | pound |
| 2 | Middle Irish | punt | — |
| 3 | Middle English | pund | pound |
| 4 | Old English | pund | pound |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *pund | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | pundą | pound |
| 7 | Latin | pondus | weight; weight of a pound; heaviness, weight of a... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | pondos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pénd-os | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |
via Manx gunn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manx | gunn | gun |
| 2 | English | gun | A device for projecting a hard object very... |
| 3 | Middle English | gunne | A trebuchet or similar kind of pellet-firing... |
| 4 | Old Norse | Gunnhildr | — |
| 5 | Old Norse | Gunnr | battle, war |
| 6 | Old Norse | guðr | battle, war |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | gunþiz | battle |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰéntis | striking, killing |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰen- | to strike, slay, kill |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰon- | — |