Where does “búnt” come from?

búnt (Icelandic) comes from Danish bundt, from Middle Low German bunt, from Old Saxon bund, from Proto-Germanic bundą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ- — to bind; bond.

búnt (Icelandic): bunch, bundle

Definitions

  1. bunch, bundle

Ancestry of “búnt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishbundtbundle; wad; bunch
2Middle Low Germanbunt—
3Old Saxonbund—
4Proto-Germanicbundąbundle
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰendʰ-to bind; bond
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bundą →Every word from Old Saxon bund →
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