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Where does “Brauchtum” come from?

Brauchtum (German) comes from German -tum, 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.

Brauchtum (German): the whole of a region’s or social group’s popular...

Definitions

  1. the whole of a region’s or social group’s popular...

Ancestry of “Brauchtum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1German-tum-dom
2Middle High German-tuom—
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
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