Where does “ūpcuman” come from?

ūpcuman (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.

ūpcuman (Old English): to come up, arise

Definitions

  1. to come up, arise

Ancestry of “ūpcuman”, step by step

ūpcuman 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 ūp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishūpup, from above
2Proto-Germanicuppup, upwards
3Proto-Germanicubunder
4Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

Words derived from “ūpcuman”

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