Etymology

pind

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Today it means: To impound (as cattle), to shut up in a pound. Full definition →

Middle English pinden ← Old English *pyndan ← Proto-West Germanic *pundijan
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The story

  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*pundijan“to impound”
  2. Old English · inherited from*pyndan
  3. Middle English · inherited frompinden
  4. English todaypind

From Middle English pinden, penden, punden (also as poynen), from Old English *pyndan, ġepyndan (“to impound, shut up, inclose”), from Proto-West Germanic *pundijan (“to impound”). Doublet of poind. Related also to pond.

Words from the same roots

Old English*pyndan all →

pinderpoind

Proto-West Germanic*pundijan all →

poind

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.