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Where does “cumst” come from?

cumst (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic kumþiz, from Proto-Indo-European gʷḿ̥tis, from Proto-Indo-European gʷémtis, from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- — to step.

Ancestry of “cumst”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanickumþizcoming, arrival
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʷḿ̥tis—
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷémtisstep, act of walking
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷem-to step

Words derived from “cumst”

  • samenkomst
  • bijeenkomst
  • komst
  • comst
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