Where does “zugutekommen” come from?
zugutekommen (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.
zugutekommen (German): to benefit
Definitions
- to benefit
Ancestry of “zugutekommen”, step by step
zugutekommen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German kommen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | kommen | to come; to arrive; to come to; to come over; to... |
| 2 | Middle High German | quemen | to come |
| 3 | Old High German | kweman | to come |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | kweman | to come |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kwemaną | to come |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷémt | to step, to take a step; to arrive |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷem- | to step |
via German zugute
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | zugute | indicates something is for the benefit of the dative object of the verb |
| 2 | German | zū | to, towards |
| 3 | Middle High German | zuo | to |
| 4 | Old High German | zuo | to |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *tō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | tō | to |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | de | Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;... |