Words that come from Proto-Germanic bainą

258 words across 36 languages descend from Proto-Germanic bainą — including bone, bones, backbone, boon, bane, baneful, collarbone, whalebone.

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English (100)

German (29)

Dutch (23)

Danish (12)

Scots (12)

Icelandic (10)

Middle English (10)

Norwegian Bokmål (10)

Swedish (8)

Norwegian Nynorsk (6)

Old English (5)

Afrikaans (2)

Middle Dutch (2)

Old High German (2)

Yiddish (2)

Luxembourgish (2)

Old Norse (2)

Old Saxon (2)

Middle High German (2)

German Low German (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Volapük (1)

Faroese (1)

Central Franconian (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Dutch Low Saxon (1)

Plautdietsch (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Torres Strait Creole (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Low German (1)

Middle Low German (1)