Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/baunu

This Proto-West 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-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, baunum
Instrumental	*baunu	baunōm, baunum

Descendants

Old English: bēan, bīen
- Middle English: bene, beane, beene, beyn, ben, bean
  - English: bean
  - Scots: bein, bene
  - Yola: beanès, beanes, baanès, baanes, banès (plural)
Old Frisian: bāne
- North Frisian:
  Föhr-Amrum: buan
- Saterland Frisian: Boone
- West Frisian: bean, beane, beanne
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
- Middle High German: bōne
  - Alemannic German: Bone
  - Central Franconian: Bunn, Buhn, Bohn
    Hunsrik: Bohn
    Luxembourgish: Boun
  - German: Bohne
  - Rhine Franconian: Bohn
    Frankfurterisch: [b̥õːn]
    Pennsylvania German: Bohn, Buhn