Where does “nīwcumen” come from?

nīwcumen (Old English) comes from Old English cumen, 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.

nīwcumen (Old English): new comer, neophyte, novice

Definitions

  1. new comer, neophyte, novice

Ancestry of “nīwcumen”, step by step

nīwcumen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English cumen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcumen—
2Old Englishcumanto come
3Proto-West Germanickwemanto come
4Proto-Germanickwemanąto come
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʷémtto step, to take a step; to arrive
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷem-to step

via Old English nīewe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishnīewenew
2Proto-West Germanicniwinew
3Proto-Germanic*niwjaz—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeannéwyosAlternative form of *néwos; new
5Proto-Indo-Europeannéwosnew
6Proto-Indo-Europeannew-new; to nod, assent to

Words derived from “nīwcumen”

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