Where does “Ahornbaum” come from?

Ahornbaum (German) comes from German baum, from Middle High German boum, from Old High German boum, from Proto-West Germanic baum, from Proto-Germanic baumaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰew- — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

Ahornbaum (German): maple tree

Definitions

  1. maple tree

Ancestry of “Ahornbaum”, step by step

Ahornbaum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German baum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbaumtree
2Middle High Germanboumtree
3Old High Germanboumtree, beam
4Proto-West Germanicbaumtree; beam
5Proto-GermanicbaumazAlternative form of *bagmaz; tree, beam, balk;...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰew-to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

via German ahorn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanahornA maple Acer; the common tree
2Middle High Germanahorn—
3Old High Germanahornmaple
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱ-sharp
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic baumaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic baum →
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