Where does “bom” come from?

bom (Lower Sorbian) comes from Low German Boom, from Middle Low German bôm, from Old Saxon bōm, from Proto-West Germanic baum, from Proto-Germanic baumaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰew- — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

bom (Lower Sorbian): tree

Definitions

  1. tree

Ancestry of “bom”, step by step

bom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Low German Boom

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Low GermanBoomtree
2Middle Low Germanbôm—
3Old Saxonbōmtree
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 Middle High German boum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanboumtree
2Old High Germanboumtree, beam

Words derived from “bom”

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