Where does “Reisigbündel” come from?

Reisigbündel (German) comes from German bündel, from Middle High German bündel, 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.

Reisigbündel (German): faggot

Definitions

  1. faggot

Ancestry of “Reisigbündel”, step by step

Reisigbündel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German bündel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbündelinflection of bündeln: ## first-person singular...
2Middle High Germanbündel
3Middle High Germanbunt
4Latinpunctuspricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;...
5Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Italic-tus
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via German Reisig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanReisigbrushwood
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin punctus