Where does “*kweman” come from?

*kweman (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic kwemaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʷémt, from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- — to step.

Ancestry of “*kweman”, 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 “*kweman”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷémt →Every word from Proto-Germanic kwemaną →
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