Where does “sojaboon” come from?

sojaboon (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.

sojaboon (Dutch): soybean

Definitions

  1. soybean

Ancestry of “sojaboon”, step by step

sojaboon 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 soja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchsojasoy
2Japaneseそい醤油 soy sauce
3Japanese醤油soy sauce
4Middle Chinese醬油
5Middle Chinesebean paste
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰabʰ-
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