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Where does “bōna” come from?

bōna (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic baunu, from Proto-Germanic baunō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰabʰ- — bean.

Ancestry of “bōna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicbaunubean
2Proto-Germanicbaunōbean
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰabʰ-bean

Words derived from “bōna”

  • cacaoboon
  • boonstaak
  • koffieboon
  • sojaboon
  • rumboon
  • bonenstaak
  • boon
  • tuinboon
  • bône
  • bone
  • boon
  • bone
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰabʰ- →