Where does “Sonderbund” come from?

Sonderbund (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.

Sonderbund (German): Sonderbund historical alliance of cantons in Switzerland

Definitions

  1. Sonderbund historical alliance of cantons in Switzerland

Ancestry of “Sonderbund”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Sonderbund”

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