An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Beunde

by Friedrich Kluge

Beunde, feminine, from the equivalent Middle High German biunde, Old High German biunt, ‘a vacant and enclosed plot reserved for a special wing or outhouse, enclosure’; no connection with Latin fundus is possible. Middle Low German biwende, ‘an enclosed space,’ shows that an Old High German *bi-want, ‘that which winds round, a hedge,’ is implied. Respecting bi, ‘round about,’ see Bifang.