Where does “Bistum” come from?

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

Bistum (German): bishopric

Definitions

  1. bishopric

Ancestry of “Bistum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanbistuom—
2Old High Germanbiscoptuom—
3Old High German-tuom—
4Proto-Germanic-dōmazForms nouns denoting the condition or state of...
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰóh₁mosthat which is put, placed
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “Bistum”

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