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

  1. bean

Inflection

Declension of *bōna (feminine ō/ōn-stem noun)
case singular plural
nominative *bōna *bōna, *bōnon
accusative *bōna, *bōnon *bōna, *bōnon
genitive *bōnon *bōnono
dative *bōnon *bōnon

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)
      • Sranan Tongo: bonki
        • → Caribbean Hindustani: bongki
      • → 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)
    • Limburgish: boean

Further reading

  • “bōna”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
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