Where does “Käschtebam” come from?

Käschtebam (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish Bam, 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...

Käschtebam (Luxembourgish): chestnut tree

Definitions

  1. chestnut tree

Ancestry of “Käschtebam”, step by step

Käschtebam traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Luxembourgish Bam

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishBamtree
2Old High Germanboumtree, beam
3Proto-West Germanicbaumtree; beam
4Proto-GermanicbaumazAlternative form of *bagmaz; tree, beam, balk;...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰew-to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

via Luxembourgish Käscht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishKäschtchestnut
2Latincastaneaa chestnut tree; a chestnut
3Ancient GreekκαστάνειαAlternative form of κᾰ́στᾰνᾰ; chestnut
4Ancient Greekκᾰ́στᾰνᾰsweet chestnuts; chestnut
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic baumaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic baum →