"bean" + "fava"
these word for a seeded food go way back
2025-03-14 11:42 // updated 2026-03-02 18:13
2 words from the same forefather:
bean
- Proto-West-Germanic *baunu ("bean")
- Proto-Germanic *baunō ("bean")
- PIE *bhabh- ("bean")
- Proto-Germanic *baunō ("bean")
(the last "b" shifted into an "n" when PIE branched off into the Germanics!)
fava
- Italian fava ("bean")
- Latin faba
- PIE *bhabh- ("bean")
- Latin faba
when PIE branched off into the "Romance languages":
- the first "b" sound became an "f" sound
the last "b" sound became a "v" sound