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Where does “koma” come from?

koma (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-West Germanic kweman, from Proto-Germanic kwemaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʷémt, from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- — to step.

Ancestry of “koma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanickwemanto come
2Proto-Germanickwemanąto come
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷémtto step, to take a step; to arrive
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷem-to step

Words derived from “koma”

  • komme
  • kuume
  • kem
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