Where does “пудовка” come from?
пудовка (Russian) comes from Russian пуд, 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, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.
пудовка (Russian): a kind of measure, when for volume then equal to a четвери́к and when for weight then equal to a пуд
Definitions
- a kind of measure, when for volume then equal to a четвери́к and when for weight then equal to a пуд