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Where does “Bohne” come from?

Bohne (German) comes from Middle High German bone, from Old High German bōna, from Proto-West Germanic baunu, from Proto-Germanic baunō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰabʰ- — bean.

Bohne (German): bean

Definitions

  1. bean

Ancestry of “Bohne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanbone—
2Old High Germanbōna—
3Proto-West Germanicbaunubean
4Proto-Germanicbaunōbean
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰabʰ-bean

Words derived from “Bohne”

  • Bohnensalat
  • Kakaobohne
  • Kaffeebohne
  • Bohnenstange
  • bohnenförmig
  • Feuerbohne
  • Buschbohne
  • Bohnensuppe
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