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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | -dómr | Forms nouns denoting the condition or state of... |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | -dōmaz | Forms nouns denoting the condition or state of... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰóh₁mos | that which is put, placed |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |