Where does “Weistum” come from?

Weistum (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.

Weistum (German): legal sentence, award chiefly regarding communities in rural areas with partially oral legal traditions

Definitions

  1. legal sentence, award chiefly regarding communities in rural areas with partially oral legal traditions

Ancestry of “Weistum”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →