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Where does “bulldung” come from?

bulldung (English) comes from English dung, from Middle English dung, from Old English dung, from Proto-West Germanic *dungu, from Proto-Germanic dungō, from Proto-Indo-European dʰengʰ- — to cover; to overcast.

bulldung (English): bullshit

Definitions

  1. bullshit

Ancestry of “bulldung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdungManure; animal excrement; A type of manure, as...
2Middle EnglishdungAlternative form of donge
3Old Englishdungdungeon, prison; dung, manure
4Proto-West Germanic*dungu—
5Proto-Germanicdungōdung, manure
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰengʰ-to cover; to overcast
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