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Where does “tōcuman” come from?

tōcuman (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic kwemaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʷémt, from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- — to step.

tōcuman (Old English): to come, arrive

Definitions

  1. to come, arrive

Ancestry of “tōcuman”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanickwemanąto come
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʷémtto step, to take a step; to arrive
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷem-to step

Words derived from “tōcuman”

  • tocoming
  • tocomen
  • tocome
  • tocoming
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