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Where does “kwēmijan” come from?

kwēmijan (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic kwēmijaną, from Proto-Germanic kwemaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʷémt, from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- — to step.

Ancestry of “kwēmijan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanickwēmijanąto please, comfort, come; to please, be...
2Proto-Germanickwemanąto come
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷémtto step, to take a step; to arrive
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷem-to step

Words derived from “kwēmijan”

  • quim
  • queme
  • quemen
  • cwēman
  • cweman
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- →