Where does “fortkommen” come from?

fortkommen (German) comes from German kommen, from Middle High German quemen, 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.

fortkommen (German): to get away; to progress

Definitions

  1. to get away; to progress

Ancestry of “fortkommen”, step by step

fortkommen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German kommen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankommento come; to arrive; to come to; to come over; to...
2Middle High Germanquemento come
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

via German fort

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfortaway; gone; going on, continuing
2Middle High Germanvort—
3Old High Germanforth—
4Old Englishforþ"expresses the continuation of an action"; out,...
5Proto-Germanicfurþąforward
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥to-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷémt →Every word from Proto-Germanic kwemaną →