Where does “bēan” come from?

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

bēan (Old English): bean, pea, legume

Definitions

  1. bean, pea, legume

Ancestry of “bēan”, step by step

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

Words derived from “bēan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰabʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic baunō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic baunu →