Where does “boam” come from?

boam (Danish) comes from Old Frisian bām, from Proto-West Germanic baum, from Proto-Germanic baumaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰew- — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

Ancestry of “boam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianbāmtree
2Proto-West Germanicbaumtree; beam
3Proto-GermanicbaumazAlternative form of *bagmaz; tree, beam, balk;...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰew-to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic baumaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic baum →