Where does “Maibaam” come from?
Maibaam (East Central German) comes from Proto-Indo-European mai-, from Tagalog ma-, from Icelandic landi, from Icelandic land, from Old Norse land, from Proto-Germanic landą, from Proto-Indo-European lendʰ- — land, heath; loins.
Maibaam (East Central German): maypole garlanded pole put up for May Day, e.g. on a village square
Definitions
- maypole garlanded pole put up for May Day, e.g. on a village square
Ancestry of “Maibaam”, step by step
Maibaam traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Proto-Indo-European mai-
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-European | mai- | to cut |
| 2 | Tagalog | ma- | Used to form adjectives indicating a quality;... |
| 3 | Icelandic | landi | the people, general population; a fellow... |
| 4 | Icelandic | land | land, earth, ground; country; countryside,... |
| 5 | Old Norse | land | land |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | landą | land, area of ground |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lendʰ- | land, heath; loins |
via East Central German Baam
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Central German | Baam | tree |
| 2 | Middle High German | boum | tree |
| 3 | Old High German | boum | tree, beam |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | baum | tree; beam |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | baumaz | Alternative form of *bagmaz; tree, beam, balk;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰew- | to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to... |