Proto-Germanic

*bainaz

‘straight’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *bainaz.

4 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *bainaz, most familiar first.

• bone ← bon ← bān ← *bain ← *bainą
• bane ← ban ← bon ← bān ← *bain
• bain ← beinn
• byen ← bon ← bān ← *bain ← *bainą

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *bainaz