Where does “zuvorkommen” come from?

zuvorkommen (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.

zuvorkommen (German): to pre-empt, to anticipate

Definitions

  1. to pre-empt, to anticipate

Ancestry of “zuvorkommen”, step by step

zuvorkommen 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 zuvor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanzuvorbefore, previously
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷémt →Every word from Proto-Germanic kwemaną →