Where does “-dómur” come from?

-dómur (Icelandic) comes from Proto-Germanic -dōmaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰóh₁mos, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

-dómur (Icelandic): dom, -ness, -ity; forms abstract nouns, often singular-only

Definitions

  1. dom, -ness, -ity; forms abstract nouns, often singular-only

Ancestry of “-dómur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic-dōmazForms nouns denoting the condition or state of...
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰóh₁mosthat which is put, placed
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “-dómur”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰóh₁mos →Every word from Proto-Germanic -dōmaz →
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