boom

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Dutch word boom comes from Proto-Indo-European *bū-, Proto-Indo-European *bhū, and later Proto-Germanic *baumaz (Beam, balk. Tree.)

*bū- (Proto-Indo-European)

*bhū (Proto-Indo-European)

*baumaz (Proto-Germanic)

Beam, balk. Tree.

boum (Old Dutch)

bôom (Middle Dutch)

boom (Dutch)

Any solid, pole-shaped, usually wooden object. Beam. Boom. Mast. Tree.

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