Where does “gaum” come from?

gaum (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse gaumr, from Proto-Germanic gaumaz, from Proto-Germanic gaugmaz.

gaum (Norwegian Nynorsk): attention

Definitions

  1. attention

Ancestry of “gaum”, step by step

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

Words derived from “gaum”

Every word from Proto-Germanic gaugmaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic gaumaz →Every word from Old Norse gaumr →