Where does “cuman” come from?

cuman (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic kweman, from Proto-Germanic kwemaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʷémt, from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- — to step.

cuman (Old Dutch): to come

Definitions

  1. to come

Ancestry of “cuman”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanickwemanto come
2Proto-Germanickwemanąto come
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷémtto step, to take a step; to arrive
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷem-to step

Words derived from “cuman”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷémt →Every word from Proto-Germanic kwemaną →