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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bōn
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *bōnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoh₂-no-s, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”). Cognate with Proto-Celtic *bānos (“white”).[1]
Adjective
*bōn
- pretty, shining
Declension
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- *bōnijan
Descendants
- Old Dutch: *bōn
- Middle Dutch: boen
- Dutch: boen
- Middle Dutch: boen
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN