Etymograph

English

maund

Maund comes from Proto-West Germanic *mandu ‘basket’.

  1. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*mandu‘basket’reconstructed
  2. Old Dutchc. 500–1150*mandareconstructed
  3. Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500mande
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400same form
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500maunde
  6. Englishtodaymaund

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*mandu‘basket’reconstructed
  2. Old Dutchc. 500–1150*mandareconstructed
  3. Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500mande
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400same form
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500maunde
  6. Englishtodaymaund

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *menth₂- ‘to whisk, stir’

manger, mandible, mange, mandibular, 6 more

Another origin of maund

  1. Akkadianc. 2500–100 BCEmanûtransliteratedcuneiform manû, a transliteration
  2. Persianc. 900–presentمن
  3. Urdumodernsame formman
  4. Hindic. 1500–presentमनman
  5. Englishtodaymaund

The -d is probably from assimilation with Etymology 1 above, or from comparison with pound.

Today it means

noun A wicker basket.

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

Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *mandu / maund

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