Where does “-tuom” come from?

-tuom (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic -dōmaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰóh₁mos, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

Ancestry of “-tuom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic-dōmazForms nouns denoting the condition or state of...
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰóh₁mosthat which is put, placed
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “-tuom”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰóh₁mos →Every word from Proto-Germanic -dōmaz →