English

ghost bump

From ghost + bump, modelled after goosebump.

Formed from ghost + bump

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéysd-

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Proto-Germanic *gaistaz ‘terror’

Proto-West Germanic *gaist ‘ghost’

Old English gāst ‘breath’

Middle English gost ‘a spiritual being’

English ghost

Early Modern English bump ‘a shock, blow from a collision’

English bump

Today it means

noun A goosebump, especially when caused by anything ghostly or ghastly.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / ghost bump