Where does “wæstmbære” come from?

wæstmbære (Old English) comes from Old English wæstm, from Proto-West Germanic *wastm — growth.

wæstmbære (Old English): fruitful, fertile, productive

Definitions

  1. fruitful, fertile, productive

Ancestry of “wæstmbære”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwæstmgrowth; increase; product; result; fruit
2Proto-West Germanic*wastmgrowth
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *wastm →Every word from Old English wæstm →