Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/pundą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pondō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpun.dɑ̃/

Noun

*pundą n

pound (weight)

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *pundą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*pundą	*pundō
vocative	*pundą	*pundō
accusative	*pundą	*pundō
genitive	pundas, pundis	*pundǫ̂
dative	*pundai	*pundamaz
instrumental	*pundō	*pundamiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *pund
- Old English: pund
  - Middle English: pund, punde, pounde, pound
    - English: pound
      Northumbrian: pund
    - → Middle Irish: punt
      - Irish: punt
      - Manx: punt
    - Scots: pund, poond
- Old Frisian: pund
  - Saterland Frisian: Puund
  - West Frisian: pûn
- Old Saxon: pund
  - Middle Low German: punt
    - German Low German: Pund
- Old Dutch: punt
  - Middle Dutch: pont, pond
    - Dutch: pond
- Old High German: pfunt
  - Middle High German: pfunt
    - German: Pfund
    - Yiddish: פֿונט‎ (funt)
Old Norse: pund
- Faroese: pund
- Icelandic: pund
- Faroese: pund
- Norwegian: pund
- Old Swedish: pund
  - Swedish: pund
- Danish: pund
Gothic: 𐍀𐌿𐌽𐌳 (pund)

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