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
    • German: Ölbaum