Where does “cometh” come from?

Cometh comes from Old English cymþ, from Proto-Germanic kwimidi and kwemaną, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root gʷem-.

cometh (English): third-person singular simple present indicative...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative...

Ancestry of “cometh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishcometh—
2Old Englishcymþ—
3Proto-Germanickwimidi—
4Proto-Germanickwemanąto come
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʷémtto step, to take a step; to arrive
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷem-to step
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷémt →Every word from Proto-Germanic kwemaną →