Where does “Baumbestand” come from?

Baumbestand (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...

Baumbestand (German): tree population

Definitions

  1. tree population

Ancestry of “Baumbestand”, step by step

Baumbestand 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 bestand

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbestandfirst/third-person singular preterite of bestehen
2Germanbe-Inseparable verbal prefix that signifies working...
3Germanbe—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic baumaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic baum →