Where does “bundlesome” come from?

bundlesome (English) comes from English bundle, from Middle English bundel, from Middle Dutch bondel, from Proto-Germanic bundil-, from Proto-Germanic bundą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ- — to bind; bond.

bundlesome (English): Characteristic of a bundle or bundling

Definitions

  1. Characteristic of a bundle or bundling

Ancestry of “bundlesome”, step by step

bundlesome traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English bundle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbundleA group of objects held together by wrapping or...
2Middle Englishbundel—
3Middle Dutchbondel—
4Proto-Germanicbundil-—
5Proto-Germanicbundąbundle
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰendʰ-to bind; bond

via English some

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsomeA certain number, at least two; An indefinite...
2Middle Englishsomsome
3Old Englishsumsome
4Proto-West Germanic*sumsome
5Proto-Germanicsumazsome (one), a certain (one)
6Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bundą →Every word from Proto-Germanic bundil- →