Thread: Ancient Balkan Languages - Proto Slavic Words
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Old 02-18-2009, 03:50 PM   #91
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Proto-IE: *bhabh-

Meaning: bean

Slavic: *bobъ

Germanic: *bau-nō(n-) f. < *bab-n-ō

Latin: faba f. `Bohne'

Other Italic: Falisc haba 'Bohne'

Russ. meaning: растение (боб)

References: WP II 131

http://starling.rinet.ru/cgi-bin/res...piet&first=241
Interesting reference: A GRAMMAR OF MODERN INDO-EUROPEAN
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