Where does “-dum” come from?

-dum (Saterland Frisian) comes from Old Frisian -dōm, from Proto-Germanic -dōmaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰóh₁mos, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

-dum (Saterland Frisian): -dom

Definitions

  1. -dom

Ancestry of “-dum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisian-dōm—
2Proto-Germanic-dōmazForms nouns denoting the condition or state of...
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰóh₁mosthat which is put, placed
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “-dum”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰóh₁mos →Every word from Proto-Germanic -dōmaz →