Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/olibaum

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

From *oli (“oil, olive”) +‎ *baum (“tree”).

Noun

*olibaum m

  1. olive tree

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *olibaum
Genitive *olibaumas
Singular Plural
Nominative *olibaum *olibaumō, *olibaumōs
Accusative *olibaum *olibaumā
Genitive *olibaumas *olibaumō
Dative *olibaumē *olibaumum
Instrumental *olibaumu *olibaumum

Descendants

  • Old English: elebēam
    • Middle English: elebeme
  • Old Saxon: *olibōm
    • Middle Low German: ö̂liebôm, olibôm, olgebôm, oleybôm
  • Old Dutch: *olibōm
    • Middle Dutch: olieboom
      • Dutch: olieboom
  • Old High German: oliboum, oleboum, oleiboum
    • Middle High German: öleboum, ölboum, ölepoum, olpoum, olepoum, ölepām, olpām, olepām
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