Where does “rockbun” come from?

rockbun (English) comes from English Rock, from English rock and roll, from English and, from Middle English an, from Old English ond, from Old English and, from Proto-Germanic andi, from Proto-Indo-European h₂énti — on, onto.

rockbun (English): A type of pastry with a crusted sugar coating

Definitions

  1. A type of pastry with a crusted sugar coating

Ancestry of “rockbun”, step by step

rockbun traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Rock

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishRockfor someone living near a rock or an oak (atter + oke)
2Englishrock and rollA genre of popular music that evolved in the...
3EnglishandAs a coordinating conjunction; expressing two...
4Middle EnglishanAlternative form of in; Alternative form of and;...
5Old Englishondand
6Old Englishandand; even; also
7Proto-Germanicandiin addition, furthermore, and
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éntiopposite; near; in front
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éntsforehead; front
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ent-face; forehead; front
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via English bun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbunA small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced; A...
2Middle Englishbunnewheat cake, bun
3Anglo-Normanbugnebump on the head; fritter
4Old Frenchbugne
5Frankishbungjolittle clump; a swelling, lump, bump; lump, bump,...
6Proto-West Germanicbungulump, clump
7Proto-Germanicbungô
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰenǵʰ-thick
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰen-to beat, hit, injure; to hit, strike, injure; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en-