Where does “bunkshooter” come from?
bunkshooter (English) comes from English shooter, from English shoot, from Middle English shoten, from Old English sċēotan, from Proto-West Germanic skeutan, from Proto-Germanic skeutaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewd- — to advance, push; to drive, propel.
bunkshooter (English): A person who talks nonsense; a liar or teller of tall tales
Definitions
- A person who talks nonsense; a liar or teller of tall tales
Ancestry of “bunkshooter”, step by step
bunkshooter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English shooter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | shooter | Someone who shoots something; a gunner, archer... |
| 2 | English | shoot | To launch a projectile; To move or act quickly or... |
| 3 | Middle English | shoten | — |
| 4 | Old English | sċēotan | to shoot |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | skeutan | to shoot |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | skeutaną | to shoot |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kewd- | to advance, push; to drive, propel |
via English bunk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bunk | One of a series of berths or beds placed in... |
| 2 | English | bunkum | Senseless talk; nonsense; a piece of nonsense;... |
| 3 | English | buncombe | Alternative spelling of bunkum |
| 4 | English | Buncombe County | — |