maund

maund · noun¹

1. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*mandu
2. Old Dutch · derived from*manda
3. Middle Dutch · derived frommande
4. Old French · derived frommande
5. Middle English · inherited frommaunde
6. English todaymaund

From Middle English maunde, maundie, borrowed from Old French mande, borrowed from Middle Dutch mande, from Old Dutch *manda, from Proto-West Germanic *mandu.

maund · noun²

1. Akkadian · derived from𒈠𒉡𒌑
2. Persian · derived fromمن
3. Urdu · borrowed fromمن
4. Hindi · borrowed fromमन
5. English todaymaund

From Hindi मन (man) / Urdu من (man), and their source, Persian من, from Middle Persian, from Akkadian 𒈠𒉡𒌑 (manû). The -d is probably from assimilation with Etymology 1 above, or from comparison with pound.

maund · noun, verb³

1. French · derived frommendier
2. English todaymaund

Unclear, but possibly from French mendier or quémander (“to beg”). Compare Romani mang (“to beg”).

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