Varient of POUND, (animal enclosure), from Old English PUND. POND spelling might possibly be influenced by Classical PONTIS (poetic for sea); but PUND, in this sense is either related to Old English *PENNIAN (fasten) = Low German PENNEN, (to bolt a door), from PENN, (pin or peg). Compare Greek PANTHER (net for every wild animal) <PAN (every) + THĒROS (wild animal) ; or of Celtic origin, or even of Iberian origin, from root of Cornish PANS, BANS, (dingle), ultimately related to Spanish PANTANO. Andrew H. Gray 11:33, 19 September 2015 (UTC) Andrew (talk)
means 'Absolutely not; means 'Exceedingly unlikely'; means 'Very dubious'; means 'Questionable'; means 'Possible'; means 'Probable'; means 'Likely'; means 'Most Likely' or *Unattested; means 'Attested'; means 'Obvious' - only used for close matches within the same language or dialect, at linkable periods.