Where does “Birnbaum” come from?

Birnbaum (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...

Birnbaum (German): pear tree

Definitions

  1. pear tree

Ancestry of “Birnbaum”, step by step

Birnbaum 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 Birne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBirnepear; lightbulb; head, bonce, noggin
2Middle High Germanbire—
3Old High Germanbirapear
4Vulgar Latinpira—
5Latinpiruma pear

Words derived from “Birnbaum”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic baumaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic baum →