Where does “-dom” come from?

-dom (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch -duom, from Proto-West Germanic -dōm, from Proto-Germanic -dōmaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰóh₁mos, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

Ancestry of “-dom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutch-duom—
2Proto-West Germanic-dōm—
3Proto-Germanic-dōmazForms nouns denoting the condition or state of...
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰóh₁mosthat which is put, placed
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “-dom”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →