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Where does “pung” come from?

pung (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish punger, from Old Norse pungr, from Proto-Germanic pungaz.

pung (Swedish): purse; scrotum; a pouch in marsupials where it...

Definitions

  1. purse; scrotum; a pouch in marsupials where it...

Ancestry of “pung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishpunger—
2Old Norsepungr—
3Proto-Germanicpungaz—

Words derived from “pung”

  • pungdjur
Every word from Proto-Germanic pungaz →