Where does “com in” come from?

com in (Middle English) comes from Middle English incomen, from Old English incuman, from Old English cuman, from Proto-West Germanic kweman, from Proto-Germanic kwemaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʷémt, from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- — to step.

Ancestry of “com in”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishincomento come in; enter
2Old Englishincumanto come in, enter
3Old Englishcumanto come
4Proto-West Germanickwemanto come
5Proto-Germanickwemanąto come
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷémtto step, to take a step; to arrive
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʷem-to step

Words derived from “com in”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷémt →Every word from Proto-Germanic kwemaną →