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

Buchsbaum 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 Buchs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBuchsboxwood; genitive singular of Buch
2Old Saxonbuhs—
3Latinbuxusthe evergreen box tree; a thing made of boxwood
4Ancient Greekπύξοςbox tree; boxwood

Words derived from “Buchsbaum”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰew- →