Where does “Boom” come from?
Boom (Plautdietsch) comes 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...
Boom (Plautdietsch): tree
Ancestry of “Boom”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle Low German | bôm | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | bōm | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | baum | tree; beam |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | baumaz | Alternative form of *bagmaz; tree, beam, balk;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰew- | to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to... |