Where does “ગુમ” come from?

ગુમ (Gujarati) comes from Persian گم, from Proto-Iranian wi-, from Proto-Indo-European wi — apart, asunder; away from, against.

ગુમ (Gujarati): lost

Definitions

  1. lost

Ancestry of “ગુમ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianگمlost; missing
2Proto-Iranianwi-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwiapart, asunder; away from, against
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wi →Every word from Proto-Iranian wi- →Every word from Persian گم →