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Where does “kuman” come from?

kuman (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-Germanic kwemaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʷémt, from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- — to step.

kuman (Old Saxon): to come

Definitions

  1. to come

Ancestry of “kuman”, step by step

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

Words derived from “kuman”

  • kōmen
  • witharkuman
  • inkamen
  • opkamen
  • gegenkamen
  • foortkamen
  • överkamen
  • kamen
  • utkamen
  • achterankamen
  • vörkamen
  • torüchkamen
  • ankamen
  • nakamen
  • tokamen
  • ümkamen
  • vörbikamen
  • bikamen
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