Where does “æfenglom” come from?

æfenglom (Old English) comes from Old English ǣfen, from Proto-West Germanic ābanþ, from Proto-Germanic ēbanþs, from Proto-Indo-European h₁epi, from Proto-Indo-European h₁eps.

æfenglom (Old English): the evening gloom: twilight

Definitions

  1. the evening gloom: twilight

Ancestry of “æfenglom”, step by step

æfenglom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English ǣfen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishǣfenevening
2Proto-West Germanicābanþevening
3Proto-Germanicēbanþsevening
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁epion, at, near
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁eps—

via Old English glōm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishglōmgloaming, twilight; darkness; gloom, gloaming;...
2Proto-West Germanicglōm—
3Proto-Germanicglōmazgleam, shimmer, sheen
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰley-to shine
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰel-to shine, glimmer, glow; to shimmer, gleam;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁eps →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁epi →Every word from Proto-Germanic ēbanþs →