Reconstruction:Old Dutch/bona

This Old Dutch 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.

Old Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *baunu.

Noun edit

*bōna f

bean

Inflection edit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants edit

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