Where does “bunt” come from?

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

Ancestry of “bunt”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	punctus	pricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;...
2	Latin	-tus	Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
3	Proto-Italic	-tus	—
4	Proto-Indo-European	-tus	Derives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “bunt”

Buntbarsch
Buntwaschmittel
unbunt
Buntspecht
bündeln
buntfarben
Bündel
buntfarbig
bunt
Bogenbündel
Buckelkopfbuntbarsch
Schmetterlingsbuntbarsch
Weißpunktbuntbarsch
Buntstift
Buntstiftkasten
Weißpunkt-Buntbarsch
bunta
bündel

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →

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