Where does “boon” come from?

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

boon (Dutch): bean

Definitions

  1. bean

Ancestry of “boon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchbônebean
2Old Dutchbōnabean
3Proto-West Germanicbaunubean
4Proto-Germanicbaunōbean
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰabʰ-bean

Words derived from “boon”

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