Reconstruction:Old Dutch/bona

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 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

  1. 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)
      • → Javanese: buncis (from the diminutive plural)
      • → Papiamentu: bonchi, boontsje (from the diminutive)
      • → Sranan Tongo: bonki (from the diminutive)
        • → Caribbean Hindustani: bongki
    • Limburgish: boean

Further reading

  • “bōna”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
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