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Where does “pun” come from?

pun (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic pьlnъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic pílˀnas, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

pun (Serbo-Croatian): full, filled; fleshy, plump; full, complete

Definitions

  1. full, filled; fleshy, plump; full, complete

Ancestry of “pun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicpьlnъfull
2Proto-Balto-Slavicpílˀnasfull
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill
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