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Where does “ūpcuman” come from?

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

ūpcuman (Old English): to come up, arise

Definitions

  1. to come up, arise

Ancestry of “ūpcuman”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcumanto come
2Proto-West Germanickwemanto come
3Proto-Germanickwemanąto come
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷémtto step, to take a step; to arrive
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʷem-to step

Words derived from “ūpcuman”

  • upcome
  • upcomen
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