Where does “goom” come from?

goom (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.

goom (Middle English): Alternative form of gome

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of gome

Ancestry of “goom”, step by step

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