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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.
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pondō. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
Noun
*pundą n
- pound (weight)
Inflection
Declension of *pundą (neuter a-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*pundą
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*pundō
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| vocative
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*pundą
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*pundō
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| accusative
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*pundą
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*pundō
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| genitive
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*pundas, *pundis
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*pundǫ̂
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| dative
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*pundai
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*pundamaz
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| instrumental
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*pundō
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*pundamiz
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Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *pund
- Old English: pund
- Old Frisian: pund
- Saterland Frisian: Puund
- West Frisian: pûn
- Old Saxon: pund
- Old Dutch: punt
- Old High German: pfunt
- Middle High German: pfunt
- Old Norse: pund
- Gothic: 𐍀𐌿𐌽𐌳 (pund)
- → Proto-Finnic: *punta (see there for further descendants)