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Where does “davyum” come from?

davyum (English) comes from English um, from English them, from Middle English þem, from Old Norse þeim, from Proto-Germanic þaimaz, from Proto-Germanic sa, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

davyum (English): A supposed chemical element discovered in 1877,...

Definitions

  1. A supposed chemical element discovered in 1877,...

Ancestry of “davyum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishumSee uh; Dated spelling of mmm; To make the "um"...
2EnglishthemThose ones; Him, her, or it; that one; Those
3Middle EnglishþemThird-person plural accusative pronoun: them;...
4Old Norseþeimthem, those
5Proto-Germanicþaimaz—
6Proto-Germanicsathat
7Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that
Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →