Where does “bob” come from?

bob (Lower Sorbian) comes from Proto-Slavic bobъ, from Proto-Indo-European bʰabʰ- — bean.

bob (Lower Sorbian): bean plant; beanfield

Definitions

  1. bean plant; beanfield

Ancestry of “bob”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicbobъbean, fava bean
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰabʰ-bean

Words derived from “bob”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰabʰ- →Every word from Proto-Slavic bobъ →