Talk:pond

Etymology

Varient of POUND, (animal enclosure), from Old English PUND[8]. POND spelling might possibly be influenced by Classical PONTIS (poetic for sea)[5]; but PUND, in this sense is either related to Old English *PENNIAN[4] (fasten) = Low German PENNEN[8], (to bolt a door), from PENN[8], (pin or peg). Compare Greek PANTHER[2] (net for every wild animal)[3] <PAN (every) + THĒROS (wild animal)[8] [11:36, 13th May 2020 Andrew (talk)]; or of Celtic origin[4], or even of Iberian origin[4], from root of Cornish PANS, BANS, (dingle)[3], ultimately related to Spanish PANTANO[7]. Andrew H. Gray 11:33, 19 September 2015 (UTC) Andrew (talk)

[0] means 'Absolutely not; [1] means 'Exceedingly unlikely'; [2] means 'Very dubious'; [3] means 'Questionable'; [4] means 'Possible'; [5] means 'Probable'; [6] means 'Likely'; [7] means 'Most Likely' or *Unattested; [8] means 'Attested'; [9] means 'Obvious' - only used for close matches within the same language or dialect, at linkable periods.