Where does “hæþendom” come from?

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

hæþendom (Old English): heathendom, paganism, the belief and practices of heathen people

Definitions

  1. heathendom, paganism, the belief and practices of heathen people

Ancestry of “hæþendom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old English-dōm-dom: state, condition, power, dominion,...
2Proto-West Germanic-dōm—
3Proto-Germanic-dōmazForms nouns denoting the condition or state of...
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰóh₁mosthat which is put, placed
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰóh₁mos →Every word from Proto-Germanic -dōmaz →