Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/baunu

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *baunō.

Noun

*baunu f

1. bean

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*baunu
Genitive	*baunā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*baunu	*baunō
Accusative	*baunā	*baunā
Genitive	*baunā	*baunō
Dative	*baunē	*baunōm, *baunum
Instrumental	*baunu	*baunōm, *baunum

Descendants

• 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

  • 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
    • Alemannic German: Bone
    • Central Franconian: Bunn, Buhn, Bohn

      Hunsrik: Bohn

      Luxembourgish: Boun

    • German: Bohne
    • Rhine Franconian: Bohn

      Frankfurterisch: [b̥õːn]

      Pennsylvania German: Bohn, Buhn