Where does “bøna” come from?

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

bøna (Faroese): bean

Definitions

  1. bean

Ancestry of “bøna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsebaunbean
2Proto-Germanicbaunōbean
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰabʰ-bean
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰabʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic baunō →Every word from Old Norse baun →