Where does “brȳdguma” come from?

brȳdguma (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *brūdigumō, from Proto-Germanic brūdigumô, from Proto-Germanic gumô, from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰm̥mō, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm, from Proto-Indo-European -ōm, from Proto-Indo-European -mi.

brȳdguma (Old English): bridegroom

Definitions

  1. bridegroom

Ancestry of “brȳdguma”, step by step

brȳdguma traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic *brūdigumō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*brūdigumōbridegroom, husband of the bride
2Proto-Germanicbrūdigumôbridegroom, husband of the bride
3Proto-Germanicgumôman
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰǵʰm̥mōearthling, human
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéǵʰōmearth
6Proto-Indo-European-ōmemphatic suffix or postpositive particle
7Proto-Indo-European-mi—

via Old English brȳd

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbrȳdbride
2Proto-West Germanic*brūdibride
3Proto-Germanicbrūdizbride

via Old English guma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishgumaman, hero

Words derived from “brȳdguma”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mi →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ōm →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm →