Where does “bēn” come from?

bēn (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic banjō, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰon-yeh₂, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰen-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰon-.

bēn (Old English): prayer, request; prayer, request, petition,...

Definitions

  1. prayer, request; prayer, request, petition,...

Ancestry of “bēn”, step by step

bēn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic banjō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbanjōwound
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰon-yeh₂—
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰen-to strike, slay, kill
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰon-—

via Proto-West Germanic *bōni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*bōniprayer, request
2Proto-Germanicbōnizsupplication, prayer
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-to shine, glow light; to speak, say
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-s-ri-—

Words derived from “bēn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰon- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰen- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰon-yeh₂ →