Where does “-tum” come from?

-tum (German) comes from Middle High German -tuom, from Old High German -tuom, from Proto-Germanic -dōmaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰóh₁mos, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

-tum (German): -dom

Definitions

  1. -dom

Ancestry of “-tum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High German-tuom—
2Old High German-tuom—
3Proto-Germanic-dōmazForms nouns denoting the condition or state of...
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰóh₁mosthat which is put, placed
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “-tum”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰóh₁mos →Every word from Proto-Germanic -dōmaz →