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Païnt
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paint Paint
Limburgish
Etymology
From earlier li pant. Only found in continental Germanic languages (→ de Pfand, nl pand, and sv pant) and of li unresolved origin, various Latin sources have been suggested: li la pāctum agreement under the supposition of a Low Latin *pantum from *panctum, or a la pondus weight borrowed so early that it preceded the change from Indo-European o to a in Germanic.
Pronunciation
li /pai̯nt/
li ai̯nt 1
Noun
n Païnt li Eupen
pawn, pledge
delimited area or surface (chiefly of land, hence: parcel)