Where does “cuma” come from?

cuma (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.

cuma (Old English): guest; stranger

Definitions

  1. guest; stranger

Ancestry of “cuma”, 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 “cuma”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷémt →Every word from Proto-Germanic kwemaną →