bun
Gaelic (Scots)
/pun/
noun
Definitions
- bottom, base, foundation
- butt, stub
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
- Bumfuck English
- bare-bum English
- bum English
- bum-clock English
- bumboy English
- bumfluff English
- bumfodder English
- bumfreezer English
- bumfuck English
- bumhole English
- bumhood English
- bummy English
- bumshoving English
- bumsicle English
- bumster English
- bumsters English
- bumtastic English
- bumtrap English
- saddlebum English
- shitbum English
- shovelbum English
- stewbum English
- stumblebum English
- underbum English
- boms Norwegian Bokmål
- boms Norwegian Nynorsk
- bom Middle English
- bun Irish
- boncyff Welsh
- bongorff Welsh
- bontin Welsh
- bôn Welsh
- gwrthban Welsh
- safon Welsh
- bun Old Irish
- *bonus Proto-Celtic
- *windos Proto-Celtic
- *bona Gaulish
- bon Middle Welsh