Where does “eftcuman” come from?

eftcuman (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.

eftcuman (Old English): to come back, come again, return

Definitions

  1. to come back, come again, return

Ancestry of “eftcuman”, step by step

eftcuman traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English cuman

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

via Old English eft

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englisheftagain; back; afterwards
2Proto-Germanicaftiafterwards, again
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