Where does “Felgenbaum” come from?

Felgenbaum (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...

Felgenbaum (German): wheel tree

Definitions

  1. wheel tree

Ancestry of “Felgenbaum”, step by step

Felgenbaum 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 Felge

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFelgefelly, rim
2Middle High Germanvelge—
3Old High Germanfelgafelly, harrow
4Proto-Germanicfelgōfelly, outer rim of a wheel
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥ǵʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic baumaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic baum →