Where did the 'bunny' part in bunny rabbit come from?

Question

Where did the 'bunny' part in bunny rabbit come from?

Answer 1

Not sure

My guess is they couldn't choose between simply calling it either "bunny" or "rabbit" so they combined the two! :D

Answer 2

Bunny is a baby rabbit.

like a kitten being a baby cat, and they say kitty-cat

Answer 3

coney = adult rabbit

Bunny = young rabbit

Kit = baby rabbit

leveret = baby hare

Edit:  It's not a real word or in the dictionary?  It's in every dictionary I've tried, even Webster.... I'll add that to the links I put up.  Bunny is a young rabbit, not a kit, not an adult, but young.  

SO... if someone says "watch for Kitten Rabbits" then they are saying "watch out for baby rabbits."  If someone says "Be gentle with the coney rabbit" they're talking adults.  If someone says "Watch out for bunny rabbits" they're talking young rabbits.

From Webster-Merriam, they say Bunny-Rabbit is from the english term bun rabbit.  Bun referring in Gaelic or Irish to the hind or trunk part of the rabbit.  So that could be a source for it too.

Answer 4

no where.good thing you should ask this.because in the proper and original english dictionary and vocabulary,the word "bunny" doesn't exist.some may refer to it as a baby rabbit.but there is no such term for a baby rabbit except the word "kit",which also refer to a new-born rabbit.

many people may say that a cute rabbit is a bunny.but this is just to make a cute name for cute bunnies.just like kittens,like the first answerer said,cute or baby kittens are called as kitty.but there is no such word.

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