Where does “Baumstumpf” come from?

Baumstumpf (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...

Baumstumpf (German): tree stump

Definitions

  1. tree stump

Ancestry of “Baumstumpf”, step by step

Baumstumpf 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 stumpf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanstumpfdull, blunt; flat
2Middle High Germanstumpf—
3Old High Germanstumpf—
4Proto-Germanicstumpazstump
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰew- →
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