Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/baunō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From earlier *babnō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰabʰ- (“bean”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɑu̯.nɔː/

Noun

*baunō f

bean

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *baunō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*baunō	*baunôz
vocative	*baunō	*baunôz
accusative	*baunǭ	*baunōz
genitive	*baunōz	*baunǫ̂
dative	*baunōi	*baunōmaz
instrumental	*baunō	*baunōmiz

Descendants

Old English: bēan, bīen
- Middle English: bene
  - English: bean
    - → Fiji Hindi: biin
  - Scots: bene, bein
Old Frisian: bāne
- West Frisian: bean
Old Saxon: bōna
- Middle Low German: bōne
  - German Low German: Bohn
    Plautdietsch: Boon
  - → Saterland Frisian: Boone
  - → Westrobothnian: bø̂n
Old Dutch: *bōna
- Middle Dutch: bône
  - Dutch: boon
    - Afrikaans: boon
    - → Papiamentu: bonchi (from the diminutive)
    - → Sranan Tongo: bonki (from the diminutive)
  - Limburgish: boean
Old High German: bōna
- Middle High German: bōne
  - Alemannic German: Bone
  - German: Bohne
  - Luxembourgish: Boun
Old Norse: baun
- Icelandic: baun
- Faroese: bøna
- Norwegian: baune (added -e under Middle Low German influence)
- Old Swedish: bø̄n, bø̄na
  - Swedish: böna (added -a under Middle Low German influence)
- Danish: bønne (added -e under Middle Low German influence)
  - → Faroese: bøn
  - → Norwegian: bønne

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