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
Ancestry of “punt-ghunn”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 |