Where does “-tuom” come from?

-tuom (Middle High German) comes from Old High German -tuom, from Proto-Germanic -dōmaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰóh₁mos, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

Ancestry of “-tuom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High German-tuom—
2Proto-Germanic-dōmazForms nouns denoting the condition or state of...
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰóh₁mosthat which is put, placed
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “-tuom”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰóh₁mos →Every word from Proto-Germanic -dōmaz →