Where does “Boomworscht” come from?

Boomworscht (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch 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...

Boomworscht (Plautdietsch): banana

Definitions

  1. banana

Ancestry of “Boomworscht”, step by step

Boomworscht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Boom

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschBoomtree
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 Plautdietsch Worscht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschWorschtsausage
2Middle Low Germanworst—
3Old Saxonworst—
4Proto-West Germanicwurstisausage
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic baumaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic baum →