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

bundle

Inflection

Declension 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)