Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/baum

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Germanic *bagmaz.

Noun

*baum m[1]

tree
Synonym: *treu
beam

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*baum
Genitive	*baumas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*baum	baumō, baumōs
Accusative	*baum	*baumā
Genitive	*baumas	*baumō
Dative	*baumē	*baumum
Instrumental	*baumu	*baumum

Derived terms

*baumijā

Descendants

Old English: bēam, bēom
- Middle English: beem, beam, bem, beme, beume; beam, beame; beam, beom
  - English: beam
    - → German: beamen
    - → Japanese: ビーム
    - → Dutch: beamen
  - Scots: beam
Old Frisian: bām, baem
- North Frisian:
  Most dialects: buum
  Heligoland: Booam
  Sylt: Boom
- Saterland Frisian: Boom
- West Frisian: beam
Old Saxon: bōm
- Middle Low German: bôm
  - German Low German: Boom
  - Plautdietsch: Boom
  - → Danish: bom
  - → Finnish: puomi
  - → Gutnish: bom
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: bom
  - → Norwegian Nynorsk: bom
  - → Swedish: bom
Old Dutch: bōm
- Middle Dutch: bôom
  - Dutch: boom
  - Limburgish: boum
Old High German: boum, poum, paum
- Middle High German: boum
  - Alemannic German: Baaum, Bum, Baim, Baum, Boum
    Swabian: Boum, Boom
    Walser: böim, baum, bem
  - Bavarian: Bam, paam, pame
    Cimbrian: póom, puam, pome
    Mòcheno: pa'm
  - Central Franconian: Boom, Baam, Baum, Boum
    Hunsrik: Baam
    Luxembourgish: Bam
    Transylvanian Saxon: bum
  - East Central German:
    Erzgebirgisch: Baam
    Upper Saxon German: Boom, Baam
    Vilamovian: baojm, boum
  - East Franconian: Baam, Bääm
  - German: Baum
  - Rhine Franconian: Baam
    Pennsylvania German: Baam
    Palatine German: Baam
  - Yiddish: בוים (boym)

References

Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 126: “*baum”

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[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 126: “*baum”