Talk:pod

Etymology

Link with Old English PĀD**[4], is incorrect here, except that it may have influenced[6] its change of spelling from codware. It is just found earlier in podware[8] "seed of legumes, seed grain" {mid-15th century}, whose parallel form was CODWARE[4] (husked or seeded plants {late 14 century} and related to cod[6] (husk of seeded plants), which was in Old English. ** This would normally follow through as *POAD or *PODE. Andrew H. Gray 19:57, 24 September 2015 (UTC) Andrew (talk)

[0] means 'Absolutely not; [1] means 'Exceedingly unlikely'; [2] means 'Very dubious'; [3] means 'Questionable'; [4] means 'Possible'; [5] means 'Probable'; [6] means 'Likely'; [7] means 'Most Likely' or *Unattested; [8] means 'Attested'; [9] means 'Obvious' - only used for close matches within the same language or dialect, at linkable periods.

Old English ā doesn't invariably become oa or ō: compare English hot Leasnam (talk) 20:10, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

Yes, that is probably the best example. I therefore add 'normally'. However, the term POD, on its own, appears in around 1680. Andrew H. Gray 20:15, 24 September 2015 (UTC) Andrew (talk)