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

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *baunu.

Noun

*bōna f

bean

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

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