Where does “boon” come from?

boon (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch boon, from Middle Dutch bône, from Old Dutch bōna, from Proto-West Germanic baunu, from Proto-Germanic baunō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰabʰ- — bean.

boon (Afrikaans): bean

Definitions

bean

Ancestry of “boon”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Dutch	boon	bean
2	Middle Dutch	bône	bean
3	Old Dutch	bōna	bean
4	Proto-West Germanic	baunu	bean
5	Proto-Germanic	baunō	bean
6	Proto-Indo-European	bʰabʰ-	bean

Words derived from “boon”

bone

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰabʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic baunō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic baunu →