Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bunkō

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Alternative forms

• *bungō

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bunkô.

Noun

*bunkō m

1. bump, lump
2. heap, pile
3. crowd

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*bunkō
Genitive	*bunkini, *bunkan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*bunkō	*bunkan
Accusative	*bunkan	*bunkan
Genitive	*bunkini, *bunkan	*bunkanō
Dative	*bunkini, *bunkan	*bunkum
Instrumental	*bunkini, *bunkan	*bunkum

Descendants

• Old English: *bunca; *bunċen (< *bunkkīn)
  • Middle English: bunche, bonche
    • English: bunch (partially)
    • ⇒ Middle English: bunchy, bonchy
      • ⇒ Middle English: bunchines (“bump, hump, hunch”)
        • English: bunchiness
• Old Frisian: bunka
  • Saterland Frisian: Bunke
  • West Frisian: bonke, bonk
• Old Saxon: *bunko
  • Middle Low German: bunke, bunk
    • German Low German: Bunk
• Old Dutch: *bunko
  • Middle Dutch: buncke, bonke, bonck, bonc
    • Dutch: bonk
• >? Old High German: bungo
  • Middle High German: bunge
    • German: Bunge