bunion

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bʰenǵʰ-“thick, dense, fat”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*bungô
3. Frankish · derived from*bungjō“a swelling, lump, bump”
4. Old Norse · derived frombunga“an elevation, bulge”
5. Old French · derived frombugne
6. Lombard · derived frombugnon“bunyon”
7. Italian · derived frombubbone
8. Middle English · derived frombony
9. English todaybunion

From alteration of earlier bunny (“lump, swelling”), from Middle English bony, boni (“bunion, swelling”), perhaps Italian bubbone (augmented form of bugno (“beehive”)), or more likely from Lombard bugnon (“bunyon”), all three from Old French bugne, buigne, bune (“bump, knob, swelling”), from Old Norse bunga (“an elevation, bulge”) or Frankish *bungjō (“a swelling, lump, bump”), both from Proto-Germanic *bungô, *bunkô (“lump, clump, heap, crowd”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ- (“thick, dense, fat”). Cognate with Dutch bonk (“lump, clump”), German Bunge (“swelling, tuber”).

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