bun
Irish (Donegal)
/bˠʊnˠ/, /bˠʌnˠ/
noun
Definitions
- base, bottom
- stock, stump, trunk
- lower end
- extremity
- basis, origin, foundation
- basic provision
- settled state
- source, direction
- trace
- (card games) score required to win game
Etymology
Inherited from Old Irish bun (base, the thick end of anything, butt, foot, bottom) inherited from Proto-Celtic *bonus (foundation).
Origin
Proto-Celtic
*bonus
Gloss
foundation
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aonad Irish
- bunaigh Irish
- bunaonad Irish
- bunaíocht Irish
- bunoscionn Irish
- bunú Irish
- bunúil Irish
- bunúlacht Irish
- bunús Irish
- os cionn Irish
- boncyff Welsh
- bongorff Welsh
- bontin Welsh
- bôn Welsh
- gwrthban Welsh
- safon Welsh
- bun Old Irish
- bun Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- *bonus Proto-Celtic
- *windos Proto-Celtic
- *bona Gaulish
- bon Middle Welsh