Where does “klarkommen” come from?

klarkommen (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.

klarkommen (German): to cope; to come to terms, to deal with, to...

Definitions

  1. to cope; to come to terms, to deal with, to...

Ancestry of “klarkommen”, step by step

klarkommen 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 klār

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanklārclear; transparent; bright
2Middle High Germanklār—
3Middle Dutchclâerbright, shining, ready, finished
4Latinclārusclear, bright
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₁-to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷémt →Every word from Proto-Germanic kwemaną →