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Where does “boba” come from?

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

boba (Lower Sorbian): genitive singular of bob; nominative dual of bob;...

Definitions

  1. genitive singular of bob; nominative dual of bob;...

Ancestry of “boba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Sorbianbobbean plant; beanfield
2Proto-Slavicbobъbean, fava bean
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰabʰ-bean
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