Where does “Buchenwald” come from?

Buchenwald (German) comes from German buche, from Middle High German buoche, from Old High German buohha, from Proto-West Germanic bōkijā, from Proto-West Germanic bōku, from Proto-Germanic bōkō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos — beech.

Buchenwald (German): beech forest, beechwood forest

Definitions

  1. beech forest, beechwood forest

Ancestry of “Buchenwald”, step by step

Buchenwald traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German buche

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbucheinflection of buchen: ## first-person singular...
2Middle High Germanbuoche—
3Old High GermanbuohhaA beech
4Proto-West Germanicbōkijābeech
5Proto-West Germanicbōkubeech
6Proto-Germanicbōkōbeech
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂ǵosbeech

via German wald

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwaldforest; woods; woodland
2Middle High Germanwalt—
3Old High Germanwaldforest
4Proto-West Germanicwalþuforest
5Proto-Germanicwalþuzforest
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwel-to see
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos →Every word from Proto-Germanic bōkō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic bōku →
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