Bungys

Cf. Bungys ¹. According to M. Gottschald, Lieut. Bungỹs (Bungies) is Lithuanianized French. surn. Bongé ². Cf. still German Bung, Bunge, Bunger (ibid.). Tačiau surn. Bungỹs can also be of Baltic origin, cf. lit. bungỹs „didysis baublys“ (for semantics cf. Baublỹs), bungỹs „nenaudėlis, puskvailis, vėpla“, bungus „baisus, aštrus“, _bungė_̃ „neprikepus, šlapia duona; galva, makaulė“ (LKŽ I 1l66). It is possible that the Latv. surn. Bundze (LAG 405), Bunzdis ³, etc.