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Where does “eigendom” come from?

eigendom (Dutch) comes from Dutch -dom, from Middle Dutch -dom, from Old Dutch -duom, from Proto-West Germanic -dōm, from Proto-Germanic -dōmaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰóh₁mos, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

eigendom (Dutch): property; right of ownership

Definitions

  1. property; right of ownership

Ancestry of “eigendom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutch-dombelonging to a domain or territory; quality or...
2Middle Dutch-dom—
3Old Dutch-duom—
4Proto-West Germanic-dōm—
5Proto-Germanic-dōmazForms nouns denoting the condition or state of...
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰóh₁mosthat which is put, placed
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “eigendom”

  • eigendom
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