Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/olibaum

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

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: œlebēam
- 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
  - German: Ölbaum