Where does “Bunkerbrecher” come from?
Bunkerbrecher (German) comes from German Brecher, from German -er, from Old High German -āri, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
Ancestry of “Bunkerbrecher”, step by step
Bunkerbrecher traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Brecher
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Brecher | breaker |
| 2 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 3 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |
via German Bunker
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Bunker | bunker hardened shelter |
| 2 | English | Bunker | A hardened shelter, often partly buried or fully underground, designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks |
| 3 | English | bunk | One of a series of berths or beds placed in... |
| 4 | English | bunkum | Senseless talk; nonsense; a piece of nonsense;... |
| 5 | English | buncombe | Alternative spelling of bunkum |
| 6 | English | Buncombe County | — |