Where does “Podu lui Paul” come from?

Podu lui Paul (Romanian) comes from Romanian pod, from Old Church Slavonic подъ, from Proto-Slavic pǫdъ, from Old Norse pund, from Proto-Germanic pundą, from Latin pondus, from Proto-Italic pondos, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pénd-os — to stretch.

Ancestry of “Podu lui Paul”, step by step

Podu lui Paul traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian pod

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianpodbridge; attic
2Old Church Slavonicподъunder
3Proto-Slavicpǫdъunder, below, beneath (stationary)
4Old Norsepund
5Proto-Germanicpundąpound
6Latinpondusweight; weight of a pound; heaviness, weight of a...
7Proto-Italicpondos
8Proto-Indo-European(s)pénd-os
9Proto-Indo-European(s)pend-to stretch

via Romanian lui

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianluihis; to him
2Latinillūihim dative singular masculine; apparently also genitive
3Latinillīfound in
4Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
5LatinolleArchaic form of ille
6Proto-Italic*olnosthat

via Romanian Paul

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomanianPaul
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend-
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