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

2. 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 (Northern), beam, beom (Early Middle English)
    • English: beam
      • → German: beamen
      • → Japanese: ビーム
      • → Dutch: beamen
    • Scots: beam
    • Yola: baam
• Old Frisian: bām, baem (Late Old Frisian)
  • 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
      • Afrikaans: boom
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: bom
      • Jersey Dutch: bôm
      • Negerhollands: bom, boom
        • → Virgin Islands Creole: bom (archaic)
      • Polish: bom, bum
      • Skepi Creole Dutch: bom, boom
      • Sranan Tongo: bon
        • Aukan: bon
      • → English: boom
      • → Indonesian: bom (“tree, pole”), bum
    • Limburgish: boum
• Old High German: boum, poum, paum
  • Middle High German: boum, boun, bōm, bōn, bām, poum, pām
    • 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, Baum, Boum, Baam
      • 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)