pund

Pronunciation: [ˈpʰunˀ]

“pund” is a Danish word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

pound (currency)
pound (unit of mass, usually between 350 and 500 g; 496 g in Denmark before 1839)
half a kilo (informal unit of mass, mostly used of foods or the weight of people)

From Old Norse pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą, cognate with English pound, German Pfund. An early loan from Latin pondō (“by weight”).

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