Where does “bone” come from?
bone (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch bōna, from Proto-West Germanic baunu, from Proto-Germanic baunō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰabʰ- — bean.
Ancestry of “bone”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | bōna | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | baunu | bean |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | baunō | bean |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰabʰ- | bean |
Words derived from “bone”