Where does “Baumkuchen” come from?

Baumkuchen (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...

Baumkuchen (German): Baumkuchen layered cake

Definitions

  1. Baumkuchen layered cake

Ancestry of “Baumkuchen”, step by step

Baumkuchen 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 küchen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanküchenpie; cake; tart foodstuff made of baked dough, other than bread
2Middle High Germankuoche
3Old High GermankuochoAlternative spelling of kuohho; cake
4Proto-Germanickōkôcake
5Proto-Indo-Europeangōg-round, ball-shaped object; lump; clump

Words derived from “Baumkuchen

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰew-
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