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Where does “baun” come from?

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

baun (Icelandic): bean, pea

Definitions

  1. bean, pea

Ancestry of “baun”, step by step

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