Etymology Explorer › Old High German

Where does “bōna” come from?

bōna (Old High German) 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”

  • Bohnensalat
  • Kakaobohne
  • Kaffeebohne
  • Bohne
  • Bohnenstange
  • bohnenförmig
  • Feuerbohne
  • Buschbohne
  • Bohnensuppe
  • bone
  • Boun
  • Bouneschlupp
  • Bunn
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