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

tōcuman traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic kwemaną

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

via Proto-Germanic tō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanictōto
2Proto-Indo-EuropeandeEmphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...

Words derived from “tōcuman”

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