Where does “boemlauw” come from?

boemlauw (Dutch) comes from Dutch lauw, from Middle Dutch lâeu, from Old Dutch lāo, from Proto-West Germanic *hlāu, from Proto-Germanic hlēwaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱlew-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱel- — to cover; to incline.

boemlauw (Dutch): really cool, wicked

Definitions

  1. really cool, wicked

Ancestry of “boemlauw”, step by step

boemlauw traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch lauw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchlauwlukewarm; cold, indifferent; nice, cool, chill
2Middle Dutchlâeu—
3Old Dutchlāolukewarm
4Proto-West Germanic*hlāulukewarm
5Proto-Germanichlēwazlukewarm
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱlew-to hear
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱel-to cover; to incline

via Dutch boem

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchboemboom
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱlew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hlēwaz →