Where does “Фюрербункер” come from?
Фюрербункер (Russian) comes from German Führerbunker, from German Bunker, from English Bunker, from English bunk, from English bunkum, from English buncombe, from English Buncombe County.
Фюрербункер (Russian): Führerbunker
Definitions
- Führerbunker
Ancestry of “Фюрербункер”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Führerbunker | the air raid shelter used by Adolf Hitler and his staff in the last weeks of World War II |
| 2 | German | Bunker | bunker hardened shelter |
| 3 | English | Bunker | A hardened shelter, often partly buried or fully underground, designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks |
| 4 | English | bunk | One of a series of berths or beds placed in... |
| 5 | English | bunkum | Senseless talk; nonsense; a piece of nonsense;... |
| 6 | English | buncombe | Alternative spelling of bunkum |
| 7 | English | Buncombe County | — |