Where does “snijboon” come from?

snijboon (Dutch) 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.

snijboon (Dutch): a flat bean, a long variety of Phaseolus vulgaris, with flat pods and fully matured seeds

Definitions

  1. a flat bean, a long variety of Phaseolus vulgaris, with flat pods and fully matured seeds

Ancestry of “snijboon”, step by step

snijboon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch boon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchboonbean
2Middle Dutchbônebean
3Old Dutchbōnabean
4Proto-West Germanicbaunubean
5Proto-Germanicbaunōbean
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰabʰ-bean

via Dutch snijden

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchsnijdento cut; to cut off
2Middle Dutchsnidento cut; to cut short; to divide
3Old Dutchsnīthanto cut
4Old Englishsnīþanto cut, make an incision, cut off, lance or...
5Proto-Germanicsnīþanąto cut
6Proto-Indo-Europeansneyt-to cut

Words derived from “snijboon”

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