Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/baunu

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *baunō.

Noun

*baunu f

bean

Inflection

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

Descendants

Old English: bēan, bīen
- Middle English: bene
  - English: bean
    - → Fiji Hindi: biin
  - Scots: bene, bein
Old Frisian: bāne
- Saterland Frisian: Boone
- West Frisian: bean
Old Saxon: bōna
- Middle Low German: bōne
  - German Low German: Bohn
    Plautdietsch: Boon
  - → 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