Where does “bôom” come from?

bôom (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch bōm, from Western Proto-Germanic *baum, from Proto-Germanic baumaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰew- — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

bôom (Middle Dutch): tree

Definitions

  1. tree

Ancestry of “bôom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchbōmtree
2Western Proto-Germanic*baum—
3Proto-GermanicbaumazAlternative form of *bagmaz; tree, beam, balk;...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰew-to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

Words derived from “bôom”

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