Where does “Apăunei” come from?
Apăunei (Romanian) comes from Finnish pauna, from English Pound, from Middle English pound, from Old English pund, from Proto-Germanic *pund, from Proto-Germanic pundą, from Latin pondus, from Proto-Italic pondos — to stretch.
Ancestry of “Apăunei”, step by step
Apăunei traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pauna
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pauna | pound; bag, purse |
| 2 | English | Pound | both named after Thaddeus C. Pound |
| 3 | Middle English | pound | A measurement for weight, most notably the Tower... |
| 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 |