Etymology

Baum

B3A1U1M3

Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

German Baum ← Middle High German boum ← Old High German boum
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*bagmaz?
  2. Proto-West Germanic*baum
  3. Old High Germanboum
  4. Middle High Germanboum
  5. GermanBaum
  6. English todayBaum

Borrowed from German Baum.

Words from the same roots

GermanBaum all →

balm-cricket

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.