Where does “abkommen” come from?

abkommen (German) comes from Middle High German abekomen, from Old High German abaqueman, from Old High German kweman, from Proto-West Germanic kweman, from Proto-Germanic kwemaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʷémt, from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- — to step.

abkommen (German): to come from, to derive from; to stray from; to...

Definitions

  1. to come from, to derive from; to stray from; to...

Ancestry of “abkommen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanabekomen—
2Old High Germanabaqueman—
3Old High Germankwemanto come
4Proto-West Germanickwemanto come
5Proto-Germanickwemanąto come
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷémtto step, to take a step; to arrive
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʷem-to step

Words derived from “abkommen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷémt →Every word from Proto-Germanic kwemaną →