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Where does “biscoptuom” come from?

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

Ancestry of “biscoptuom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High German-tuom—
2Proto-Germanic-dōmazForms nouns denoting the condition or state of...
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰóh₁mosthat which is put, placed
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “biscoptuom”

  • Bistum
  • bistuom
  • bischoptuom
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →