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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), however this is disputed.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɑu̯.nɔː/

Noun

*baunō f

  1. 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

  • Proto-West Germanic: *baunu
    • Old English: bēan, bīen
    • Old Frisian: bāne
    • 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
  • Old Norse: baun

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*ƀaunō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 39
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