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Where does “Buchsbaum” come from?

Buchsbaum (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...

Buchsbaum (German): boxwood

Definitions

  1. boxwood

Ancestry of “Buchsbaum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbaum—
2Middle High Germanboum—
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...
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