Where does “bone” come from?

bone (Middle High German) comes from Old High German bōna, from Proto-West Germanic baunu, from Proto-Germanic baunō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰabʰ- — bean.

bone (Middle High German): bean

Definitions

  1. bean

Ancestry of “bone”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High GermanbōnaA bean
2Proto-West Germanicbaunubean
3Proto-Germanicbaunōbean
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰabʰ-bean

Words derived from “bone”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰabʰ- →
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