Where does “chum” come from?

chum (Irish) comes from Old Irish dochum — to, towards; For more quotations using this term,...

chum (Irish): past indicative analytic of cum; Lenited form of...

Definitions

  1. past indicative analytic of cum; Lenited form of...

Ancestry of “chum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishdochumto, towards; For more quotations using this term,...
Every word from Old Irish dochum
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