Where does “Baumhöhle” come from?

Baumhöhle (German) comes from German Höhle, from Middle High German hüle, from Old High German hulī, from Old High German hol, from Proto-West Germanic hol, from Proto-Germanic hulą, from Proto-Germanic hulaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱel- — to cover; to incline.

Baumhöhle (German): tree hole, tree hollow

Definitions

  1. tree hole, tree hollow

Ancestry of “Baumhöhle”, step by step

Baumhöhle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Höhle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHöhlecave; cavity
2Middle High Germanhüle—
3Old High Germanhulī—
4Old High Germanholhollow
5Proto-West Germanicholhollow; hole
6Proto-Germanichuląa hollow; depression; hole
7Proto-Germanichulazhollow
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱel-to cover; to incline

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...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hulaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic hulą →