Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bundą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie; bind”).

Noun

*bundą n

1. bundle

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *bundą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*bundą	*bundō
vocative	*bundą	*bundō
accusative	*bundą	*bundō
genitive	*bundas, *bundis	*bundǫ̂
dative	*bundai	*bundamaz
instrumental	*bundō	*bundamiz

Descendants

• Old English: bund f; byndelle, byndele, bindele f
  • Middle English: *bund, *bound, bonde; bundel
    • English: bond, bundle, bind, bound, bownd,
      • Scots: bund, bound; bundle, bindle
• Old Frisian: *bund; *bundel, *bondel
  • Saterland Frisian: Buund
  • West Frisian: bondel
• Old Saxon: *bund, gibund; bundilīn
  • Middle Low German: bund, bunt; bündel
    • Low German: Bundel
    • → Danish: bundt
    • → Swedish: bunt
    • → Norwegian: bunt
• Old Dutch: *bund, *bunt; *bundil
  • Middle Dutch: bont; bundel, bondel
    • Dutch: bond; bundel, bondel
      • Afrikaans: bond; bondel
• Old High German: *bunt; gibuntili
  • Middle High German: bunt; bündel
    • German: Bund; Bündel
    • Luxembourgish: Bond
• Old Norse: *byndi (in handbyndi)
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹 (gabundi)