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Where does “gem-” come from?

gem- (Proto-Balto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- — to step.

Ancestry of “gem-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeangʷem-to step

Words derived from “gem-”

  • dzemdēt
  • dzemdēšana
  • dzemde
  • dzemdes kakls
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- →