Pood

Pood (Russian:пуд, tr.pud;IPA: [put]), is a unit of mass equal to 40 funt (фунт, Russian pound). Plural: pudi or pudy. It is approximately 16.38 kilograms (36.11 pounds). It was used in Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine. Pood was first mentioned in a number of 12th-century documents. Unlike funt, which came at least in the 14th century from Middle High German:phunt, Old East Slavic:пудъ pud (the earlier unattested form *пѫдъ pǫdŭ) is a much older borrowing from Old Norse:pund which in turn came through the mediation of Old English:pund from Latin:pondus "weight".