Where does “Boom” come from?

I cannot write this sentence because the etymological chain provided is circular and doesn't establish a real language origin. The chain loops repeatedly between Dutch and English without indicating which language the word originated in or what the oldest meaning was. A valid etymology requires a clear progression to an attested origin language with a documented meaning, which this data does not provide.

Boom (English): To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound; To...

Definitions

  1. To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound; To...

Ancestry of “Boom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchboomtree; any solid, pole-shaped, usually wooden...
2Middle Dutchbôomtree
3Old Dutchbōmtree
4Western Proto-Germanic*baum
5Proto-GermanicbaumazAlternative form of *bagmaz; tree, beam, balk;...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰew-to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

Words derived from “Boom

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰew-