Where does “gume” come from?

gume (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.

gume (Middle English): Alternative form of gome; Alternative form of...

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of gome; Alternative form of...

Ancestry of “gume”, 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—
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