conc▪ ǦND_1 : prob. via Aram (so Jeffery1938) from the same oPers etymon from which is Pers kund ‘courageous, brave, strong’, gundāvar ‘combattant’, from Skr kunthah ‘raw; strong; hero’, IE *kund- ‘raw/brutal, strong, massive, rude’ – Rolland2014.
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