Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/baunō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Unknown; often cited as from earlier *babnō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰabʰ- (“bean”), but this is disputed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑu̯.nɔː/

Noun

*baunō f

1. bean

Inflection

Declension 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

• Proto-West Germanic: *baunu
  • Old English: bēan, bīen
    • Middle English: bene, beane, beene, beyn, ben, bean
      • English: bean
      • Scots: bein, bene
      • Yola: beanès, beanes, baanès, baanes, banès (plural)
  • Old Frisian: bāne
    • North Frisian:

      Föhr-Amrum: buan

      Sylt: Buan

    • Saterland Frisian: Boone
    • West Frisian: bean, beane, beanne
  • Old Saxon: bōna
    • Middle Low German: bône
      • German Low German: Bohn

        Plautdietsch: Boon

  • Old Dutch: *bōna
    • Middle Dutch: bône
      • Dutch: boon
        • Afrikaans: boon
          • → Xhosa: imbotyi (from the diminutive)
        • Berbice Creole Dutch: bono
        • Negerhollands: bontśi, boontje, boonschi (from the diminutive)
          • → Virgin Islands Creole: bontsi (archaic)
        • → Caribbean Javanese: bontyis (from the diminutive plural)
        • → Indonesian: buncis (from the diminutive plural)
          • → Petjo: bontjies, boontjies
        • → Javanese: buncis (from the diminutive plural)
        • → Papiamentu: bonchi, boontsje (from the diminutive)
        • → Sranan Tongo: bonki (from the diminutive)
          • → Caribbean Hindustani: bongki
      • Limburgish: boean
  • Old High German: bōna
    • Middle High German: bōne, pōn
      • Alemannic German: Bone
      • Central Franconian: Bunn
        • Hunsrik: Bohn
        • Luxembourgish: Boun
      • East Central German: Bunn
      • German: Bohne
      • Rhine Franconian: Bohn
        • Frankfurterisch: [b̥õːn]
        • Pennsylvania German: Bohn, Buhn
• Old Norse: baun
  • Icelandic: baun
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: baune, bauna; (dialectal) bogna (aun > ogn)
  • Old Swedish: bø̄n, bø̄na
    • Swedish: böna (added -a under Middle Low German influence)
  • Danish: bønne (added -e under Middle Low German influence)
    • Norwegian Bokmål: bønne
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: bønne
    • → Faroese: bøn, bøna
  • → Middle Irish: pónair (from the plural baunir)
    • Irish: pónaire
    • Manx: poanrey
    • Scottish Gaelic: pònair