Where does “pendere” come from?

pendere (Middle English) comes from Old English pyndere, from Old English pyndan, from Proto-West Germanic *pundijan — to enclose (animals, water, etc.).

Ancestry of “pendere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishpyndere—
2Old Englishpyndanto enclose, shut up, dam, impound; pen up
3Proto-West Germanic*pundijanto enclose (animals, water, etc.)
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *pundijan →Every word from Old English pyndan →Every word from Old English pyndere →