Where does “pundfald” come from?

pundfald (Old English) comes from Old English pund, from Proto-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.

pundfald (Old English): pinfold

Definitions

  1. pinfold

Ancestry of “pundfald”, step by step

pundfald traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English pund

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishpundpound
2Proto-Germanic*pund—
3Proto-Germanicpundąpound
4Latinpondusweight; weight of a pound; heaviness, weight of a...
5Proto-Italicpondos—
6Proto-Indo-European(s)pénd-os—
7Proto-Indo-European(s)pend-to stretch

via Old English falod

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfalodfold, stall, stable, cattle-pen
2Hungarian-ödyour; Used to form the second-person singular...
3Hungarian-ö-linking vowel
4Hungarian-dyour; Used in the second-person singular definite...
5Middle Welsh-nt3rd person plural verb ending

Words derived from “pundfald”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pénd-os →Every word from Proto-Italic pondos →