Where does “boom” come from?

boom (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch bôom, from Old Dutch bōm, from Western Proto-Germanic *baum, from Proto-Germanic baumaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰew- — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

boom (Dutch): tree; any solid, pole-shaped, usually wooden...

Definitions

  1. tree; any solid, pole-shaped, usually wooden...

Ancestry of “boom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchbôomtree
2Old Dutchbōmtree
3Western Proto-Germanic*baum
4Proto-GermanicbaumazAlternative form of *bagmaz; tree, beam, balk;...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰew-to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

Words derived from “boom

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰew-