boom
Afrikaans
/bʊəm/
noun
Definitions
- tree
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish boom (tree, beam, pole, turnpike, border) inherited from Middle Dutch bôom inherited from Old Dutch bōm inherited from Proto-Germanic *baumaz (tree, beam, balk).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*baumaz
Gloss
tree, beam, balk
Concept
Semantic Field
Quantity
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- boom English
- guarriboom English
- kafferboom English
- waterboom English
- amandelboom Dutch, Flemish
- apenboom Dutch, Flemish
- appelboom Dutch, Flemish
- appelsienenboom Dutch, Flemish
- avocadoboom Dutch, Flemish
- bananenboom Dutch, Flemish
- bergamotboom Dutch, Flemish
- berkenboom Dutch, Flemish
- beukenboom Dutch, Flemish
- beverboom Dutch, Flemish
- bomen Dutch, Flemish
- boom Dutch, Flemish
- boomaarde Dutch, Flemish
- boombast Dutch, Flemish
- boomblad Dutch, Flemish
- boomer Dutch, Flemish
- boomgaard Dutch, Flemish
- boomgeld Dutch, Flemish
- boomgod Dutch, Flemish
- boomgodin Dutch, Flemish
- boomgrens Dutch, Flemish
- boomheiligdom Dutch, Flemish
- boomhoen Dutch, Flemish
- boomholte Dutch, Flemish
- boomhut Dutch, Flemish
- boomkever Dutch, Flemish
- boomkikker Dutch, Flemish
- boomkikvors Dutch, Flemish
- boomklever Dutch, Flemish
- boomklok Dutch, Flemish
- boomkor Dutch, Flemish
- boomkreeft Dutch, Flemish
- boomkruiper Dutch, Flemish
- boomkweker Dutch, Flemish
- boomlang Dutch, Flemish
- boomleeuwerik Dutch, Flemish
- boommarter Dutch, Flemish
- boomnimf Dutch, Flemish
- boomrijk Dutch, Flemish
- boomschors Dutch, Flemish
- boomslang Dutch, Flemish
- boomstam Dutch, Flemish
- boomstronk Dutch, Flemish
- boomvaren Dutch, Flemish
- boomvors Dutch, Flemish
- boomwond Dutch, Flemish
- boomzaken Dutch, Flemish
- broodboom Dutch, Flemish
- buksboom Dutch, Flemish
- cacaoboom Dutch, Flemish
- cederboom Dutch, Flemish
- dadelboom Dutch, Flemish
- denneboom Dutch, Flemish
- dennenboom Dutch, Flemish
- disselboom Dutch, Flemish
- doekboom Dutch, Flemish
- doornboom Dutch, Flemish
- eikeboom Dutch, Flemish
- eikenboom Dutch, Flemish
- hefboom Dutch, Flemish
- honingboom Dutch, Flemish
- iepenboom Dutch, Flemish
- johannesbroodboom Dutch, Flemish
- kerstboom Dutch, Flemish
- lindeboom Dutch, Flemish
- loofboom Dutch, Flemish
- meiboom Dutch, Flemish
- naaldboom Dutch, Flemish
- olijfboom Dutch, Flemish
- palmboom Dutch, Flemish
- perenboom Dutch, Flemish
- pijnboom Dutch, Flemish
- slagboom Dutch, Flemish
- telefoonboom Dutch, Flemish
- tulpenboom Dutch, Flemish
- vaarboom Dutch, Flemish
- venijnboom Dutch, Flemish
- vijgeboom Dutch, Flemish
- vijgenboom Dutch, Flemish
- vleesboom Dutch, Flemish
- walnotenboom Dutch, Flemish
- bôme French
- *bʰew- Proto-Indo-European
- *baumaz Proto-Germanic
- beam Old English
- bēam Old English
- boom Middle Dutch
- bôom Middle Dutch
- boum Old High German
- akker Afrikaans
- akkerboom Afrikaans
- boomgaard Afrikaans
- brood Afrikaans
- broodboom Afrikaans
- doring Afrikaans
- doringboom Afrikaans
- gaard Afrikaans
- hef Afrikaans
- hefboom Afrikaans
- kaffer Afrikaans
- kafferboom Afrikaans
- linde Afrikaans
- lindeboom Afrikaans
- palm Afrikaans
- palmboom Afrikaans
- witgat Afrikaans
- witgatboom Afrikaans
- bôme Norman
- *baum gmw-pro
- bom Old Dutch
- bōm Old Dutch
- bōm Middle Low German
- bām Old Frisian
- bon Sranan Tongo
- boôm Zealandic