Where does “-dōm” come from?

-dōm (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic -dōm, from Proto-Germanic -dōmaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰóh₁mos, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

-dōm (Old English): -dom: state, condition, power, dominion,...

Definitions

  1. -dom: state, condition, power, dominion,...

Ancestry of “-dōm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic-dōm—
2Proto-Germanic-dōmazForms nouns denoting the condition or state of...
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰóh₁mosthat which is put, placed
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “-dōm”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰóh₁mos →Every word from Proto-Germanic -dōmaz →