Where does “Bundesanstalt” come from?

Bundesanstalt (German) comes from German bund, from Middle High German bunt, from Latin punctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

Bundesanstalt (German): federal institution / agency

Definitions

  1. federal institution / agency

Ancestry of “Bundesanstalt”, step by step

Bundesanstalt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via German anstalt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germananstaltinstitution, public establishment
2Middle High Germananstaltinstitute
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin punctus →
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