Where does “gaum” come from?

gaum (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic gaumaz, from Proto-Germanic gaugmaz.

gaum (Old Norse): attention

Definitions

  1. attention

Ancestry of “gaum”, step by step

gaum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic gaumaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicgaumazheed, attention
2Proto-Germanicgaugmaz—

via Proto-Germanic gaumō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicgaumōheed; attention
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʰowe-to heed, pay attention

Words derived from “gaum”

Every word from Proto-Germanic gaugmaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic gaumaz →