Where does “-dom” come from?

-dom (Old Danish) comes from Old Norse -dómr, from Proto-Germanic -dōmaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰóh₁mos, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

Ancestry of “-dom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norse-dómrForms nouns denoting the condition or state of...
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 “-dom”

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