Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/pundu

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

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Etymology

Uncertain; presumably related to Old English penn (“enclosure, fold, pen”), possibly from unattested verb *punnan (“to lock; to enclose”) +‎ *-þu. Perhaps further related to *pinnā (“peg, pin, bolt”).

Noun

*pundu m

enclosure (for animals, water)
lock

Inflection

u-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*pundu
Genitive	*pundō
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*pundu	pundiwi, pundō
Accusative	*pundu	*pundū
Genitive	*pundō	*pundiwō
Dative	pundiwi, pundō	*pundum
Instrumental	*pundu	*pundum

Derived terms

*pundijan

Descendants

Old English: *pund
- Middle English: pund, pound, pond
  - English: pound, pond
  - Scots: pund, pond, poind, pound