Where does “tekortkomen” come from?

tekortkomen (Dutch) comes from Dutch komen, from Middle Dutch cōmen, from Old Dutch cuman, from Proto-West Germanic kweman, from Proto-Germanic kwemaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʷémt, from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- — to step.

tekortkomen (Dutch): to be short of

Definitions

  1. to be short of

Ancestry of “tekortkomen”, step by step

tekortkomen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch komen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchkomento come; to happen, to arise, to come to be, to...
2Middle Dutchcōmento come
3Old Dutchcumanto come
4Proto-West Germanickwemanto come
5Proto-Germanickwemanąto come
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷémtto step, to take a step; to arrive
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʷem-to step

via Dutch tekort

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchtekortshortage, deficit
2Dutchkortshort
3Middle Dutchcort
4Old Dutchkurt
5Proto-West Germanickurtshort
6Latincurtusshortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete
7Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

Words derived from “tekortkomen

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷem-
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