Dutch word boom comes from Proto-Indo-European *bū-, Proto-Indo-European *bhū, and later Proto-Germanic *baumaz (Beam, balk. Tree.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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*bū- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
*bhū | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
*baumaz | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | Beam, balk. Tree. |
boum | Old Dutch (odt) | |
bôom | Middle Dutch (dum) | |
boom | Dutch (nl) | Any solid, pole-shaped, usually wooden object. Beam. Boom. Mast. Tree. |