Where does “Kakaobohne” come from?

Kakaobohne (German) comes from German Bohne, 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.

Kakaobohne (German): cocoa bean

Definitions

  1. cocoa bean

Ancestry of “Kakaobohne”, step by step

Kakaobohne traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Bohne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBohnebean
2Middle High Germanbonebean
3Old High GermanbōnaA bean
4Proto-West Germanicbaunubean
5Proto-Germanicbaunōbean
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰabʰ-bean

via German Kakao

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKakaococoa; cocoa, hot chocolate; cacao
2SpanishCacaothe 655th most common surname in Guatemala
3Classical Nahuatlcacahuatlcacao, cacao bean
4Proto-Nahuan*kakawa-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰabʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic baunō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic baunu →