Where does “dōm” come from?

dōm (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic dōmi, from Proto-Germanic dōną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéh₁t, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

dōm (Old English): might, power, glory; judgement; doom, judgment,...

Definitions

  1. might, power, glory; judgement; doom, judgment,...

Ancestry of “dōm”, step by step

dōm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic dōmi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicdōmi—
2Proto-Germanicdōnąto do, make; to put, place
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéh₁tto put, to place; to do
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via Proto-West Germanic dōm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicdōmjudgement
2Proto-Germanicdōmazjudgement
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰóh₁mosthat which is put, placed
4Proto-Indo-European-mosCreates action/result nouns from verb stems

Words derived from “dōm”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰéh₁t →Every word from Proto-Germanic dōną →