An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Spund

by Friedrich Kluge

Spund, m., ‘bung, bunghole, channel,’ from MidHG. spunt (gen. spuntes), m., ‘bunghole, valve in the tube of a pump.’ The persistent t of the MidHG. inflected form points of itself to the foreign origin of the term, and still more so the MidHG. variants punct and pfunt, as well as ModHG. (dial.) Punt and Bunde (as to the period when the word was borrowed, comp. Wein). Du. spon, spun, ‘bung,’ and Fr. bonde, ‘sluice, plug,’ bondon, ‘bung,’ are corresponding terms, derived from the MidHG. words, which are based on Lat. puncta, ‘prick, puncture, opening made inn pipe.’ With regard to the s of MidHG. spunt, comp. Ital. spuntone, ‘spontoon,’ spuntare, ‘to blunt, allied to Lat. punctum.