Where does “thedom” come from?

thedom (Middle English) comes from Middle English -dom, from Old English -dōm, from Proto-West Germanic -dōm, from Proto-Germanic -dōmaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰóh₁mos, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

thedom (Middle English): success; fortune; luck

Definitions

  1. success; fortune; luck

Ancestry of “thedom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle English-domdom
2Old English-dōm-dom: state, condition, power, dominion,...
3Proto-West Germanic-dōm—
4Proto-Germanic-dōmazForms nouns denoting the condition or state of...
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰóh₁mosthat which is put, placed
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰóh₁mos →Every word from Proto-Germanic -dōmaz →
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