Where does “Bündner” come from?

Bündner (German) comes from German Graubünden, from German Bund, from German binden, from Middle High German binden, from Old High German bintan, from Proto-West Germanic bindan, from Proto-Germanic bindaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ- — to bind; bond.

Bündner (German): alliance member

Definitions

  1. alliance member

Ancestry of “Bündner”, step by step

Bündner traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Graubünden

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGraubündengrey league
2GermanBundalliance; covenant; a fret
3Germanbindento tie up; to fasten; to bind together; to knot;...
4Middle High Germanbindento bind
5Old High Germanbintanto bind
6Proto-West Germanicbindanto bind, to tie
7Proto-Germanicbindanąto bind, to tie
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰendʰ-to bind; bond

via German bund

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbundalliance, federation, league
2Middle High Germanbunt
3Latinpunctuspricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;...
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ-Every word from Proto-Germanic bindanąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic bindan