Where does “chumbucket” come from?

chumbucket (English) comes from English chum, from English chambermate, from English maté, from Middle English mate, from Middle Low German māte, from Old Saxon gimato, from Proto-Germanic gamatjô, from Proto-Germanic ga- — resin.

chumbucket (English): A bucket filled with fishing bait at sea

Definitions

  1. A bucket filled with fishing bait at sea

Ancestry of “chumbucket”, step by step

chumbucket traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English chum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchumA friend; a pal; A roommate, especially in a...
2EnglishchambermateOne who shares a chamber or room
3EnglishmatéAn evergreen tree, Ilex paraquariensis, native to...
4Middle Englishmatemate companion, comrade
5Middle Low Germanmāte
6Old Saxongimato
7Proto-Germanicgamatjô
8Proto-Germanicga-Indicates association or togetherness; co-;...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
11Middle Englishkyt
12Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
13Old High Germankuti
14Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
15Proto-Germanickweduzresin

via English bucket

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbucketA container made of rigid material, often with a...
2Middle Englishboketbucket
3Anglo-Normanbukettub, pail; bucket
4Old Frenchbucabdomen; object with a cavity; trunk, torso;...
5Latinbuccushe-goat
6Frankishbukkmale goat; buck, goat; buck, male goat
7Proto-Germanic*bukkaz
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰuǵ-buck, he-goat
9Proto-North CaucasianbVχc̣V
10Proto-North CaucasianbVc̣Vyoung he-goat
Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduz