Where does “kommen” come from?

kommen (German) comes 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.

kommen (German): to come; to arrive; to come to; to come over; to...

Definitions

  1. to come; to arrive; to come to; to come over; to...

Ancestry of “kommen”, step by step

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

Words derived from “kommen

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷem-
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