Where does “bøn” come from?

bøn (Faroese) comes from Danish bønne, from Old Norse baun, from Proto-Germanic baunō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰabʰ- — bean.

bøn (Faroese): request, plea; prayer to God; bean

Definitions

  1. request, plea; prayer to God; bean

Ancestry of “bøn”, step by step

bøn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish bønne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishbønnebean
2Old Norsebaunbean
3Proto-Germanicbaunōbean
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰabʰ-bean

via Old Norse bœn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsebœnrequest; supplication, prayer
2Proto-Germanicbōnizsupplication, prayer
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-to shine, glow light; to speak, say
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-s-ri-—

Words derived from “bøn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰabʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic baunō →Every word from Old Norse baun →