Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened together. · The peloton; the main group of riders formed during a race. · An informal body of friends. · A considerable amount.
To gather into a bunch. · To gather fabric into folds. · To form a bunch. · To be gathered together in folds
From Middle English bunche, bonche (“hump, swelling”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant of *bunge (compare dialectal bung (“heap, grape bunch”)), from Proto-Germanic *bunkō, *bunkô, *bungǭ (“heap, crowd”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ-, *bʰénǵʰus (“thick, dense, fat”). Cognates include Saterland Frisian Bunke (“bone”), West Frisian bonke (“bone, lump, bump”), Dutch bonk (“lump, bone”), Low German Bunk (“bone”), German Bunge (“tuber”), Danish bunke (“heap, pile”), Faroese bunki (“heap, pile”); Hittite 𒉺𒀭𒆪𒍑 (/pankuš/, “total, entire”), Tocharian B pkante (“volume, fatness”), Lithuanian búožė (“knob”), Ancient Greek παχύς (pakhús, “thick”), Sanskrit बहु (bahú, “thick; much”)). Alternatively, perhaps from a variant or diminutive of bump (compare hump/hunch, lump/lunch, etc.); or from dialectal Old French bonge (“bundle”) (compare French bongeau, bonjeau, bonjot), from West Flemish bondje, diminutive of West Flemish bond (“bundle”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Root classification mention*bʰenǵʰ-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionbuncheenm
- Inherited-form mention*bunkōgem-pro
- Derivation mention*bʰenǵʰ-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionBunkestq · bone
- Cognate mentionbonkefy · bone, lump, bump
- Cognate mentionbonknl · lump, bone
- Cognate mentionBunknds · bone
- Cognate mentionBungede · tuber
- Cognate mentionbunkeda · heap, pile
- Cognate mentionbunkifo · heap, pile
- Cognate mention𒉺𒀭𒆪𒍑hit · total, entire
- Cognate mentionpkantetxb
- Cognate mentionbúožėlt
- Cognate mentionπαχύςgrc
- Cognate mentionबहुsa
- Derivation mentionbongefro
- Cognate mentionbongeaufr
- Derivation mentionbondjevls
- Derivation mentionbondvls
This page abbreviates 8 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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