Etymograph

English

gound

Gound comes from Middle English gounde ‘Gum that is deposited in sore eyes’, from Old English gund ‘matter, pus, poison’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰendʰ- ‘ulcer, sore, abscess, boil’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰendʰ-‘ulcer, sore, abscess, boil’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*gundaz‘sore, boil’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*gundreconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150gund‘matter, pus, poison’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gounde‘Gum that is deposited in sore eyes’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 2002gound

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰendʰ-‘ulcer, sore, abscess, boil’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*gundaz‘sore, boil’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*gundreconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150gund‘matter, pus, poison’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gounde‘Gum that is deposited in sore eyes’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 2002gound

Earliest quotation: 2002, Peter Novobatzky, Ammon Shea: “Typical terms invented to fill this vacuum include sleepies,…”

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *gʰendʰ-

Today it means

noun Mucus produced by the eyes during sleep.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʰendʰ- / gound

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