Oddly, the Wikipedia page doesn't include the most likely inspiration, the Hobyahs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hobyahs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_

Oddly, the Wikipedia page doesn't include the most likely inspiration, the Hobyahs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hobyahs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hobyahs The parallels are pretty unmistakable. I believe the good Professor when he says he could recall no prior inspiration for the word, but: Bag-End. That's the Hobyah's whole thing, the bag. That and turnips.