Where does “wortelboom” come from?

wortelboom (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans boom, from Dutch Boom, from Dutch bodem, from Middle Dutch bodem, from Old Dutch *bodom, from Old English botm, from Proto-Germanic butmaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn — smoke; mist, haze.

wortelboom (Afrikaans): mangrove

Definitions

  1. mangrove

Ancestry of “wortelboom”, step by step

wortelboom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Afrikaans boom

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Afrikaansboomtree
2DutchBooma Belgian town and municipality in the Flemish province of Antwerp
3Dutchbodembottom; soil, ground; earth surface
4Middle Dutchbodem—
5Old Dutch*bodom—
6Old Englishbotmbottom; foundation; ground; abyss
7Proto-Germanicbutmazbottom; foundation; ground; abyss
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰudʰmḗnbottom
9Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
10Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

via Afrikaans wortel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Afrikaanswortelcarrot; root, square root
2Dutchwortelcarrot; root; square root, root
3Middle Dutchworteleroot; edible root
4Old Dutchwurtala—
5Proto-Germanicwurt-oblique stem of *wrōts
6Proto-Germanicwrōtsroot
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot

Words derived from “wortelboom”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn →