Where does “gōme” come from?

gōme (Middle English) comes from Old English guma, from Proto-Germanic gumô, from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰm̥mō, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm, from Proto-Indo-European -ōm, from Proto-Indo-European -mi.

gōme (Middle English): A man; a male human being

Definitions

  1. A man; a male human being

Ancestry of “gōme”, step by step

gōme traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English guma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishgumaman, hero
2Proto-Germanicgumôman
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰǵʰm̥mōearthling, human
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéǵʰōmearth
5Proto-Indo-European-ōmemphatic suffix or postpositive particle
6Proto-Indo-European-mi—

via Old Norse gaumr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsegaumrheed, attention; attention, heed
2Proto-Germanicgaumazheed, attention
3Proto-Germanicgaugmaz—

Words derived from “gōme”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mi →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ōm →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm →