Where does “dẹ̄men” come from?
dẹ̄men (Middle English) comes from Old English dēman, from Proto-West Germanic dōmijan, from Proto-Germanic dōmijaną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.
Ancestry of “dẹ̄men”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | dēman | to judge; to decide, decree, deem, determine,... |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | dōmijan | to judge, to deem |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | dōmijaną | to judge |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |