An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Pfund

by Friedrich Kluge

Pfund, n., from the equiv. MidHG. pfunt (gen. -des), OHG. pfunt (gen. -tes), n., ‘pound’; corresponding to Goth., OIc., and AS. pund, E. pound, Du. pond, OSax. pund. Since the Goth. word coincides with the terms in the other dials., Pfund must be one of the earliest loan-words from Lat.; it passed into Teut. probably at the same period as Münze, about the 2nd cent., from Lat. pondo (indecl.), ‘pound’ (not from pondus, ‘weight’).