Etymology Explorer › Middle Low German

Where does “bunt” come from?

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

Ancestry of “bunt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonbund—
2Proto-Germanicbundąbundle
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰendʰ-to bind; bond

Words derived from “bunt”

  • bunt
  • bunta
  • bunt
  • bunt
  • bundt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ- →