Where does “kam” come from?

kam (Tok Pisin) comes from English come, from Middle English comen, from Old English cuman, from Proto-West Germanic kweman, from Proto-Germanic kwemaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʷémt, from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- — to step.

kam (Tok Pisin): come

Definitions

  1. come

Ancestry of “kam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcomeTo move from further away to nearer to; To...
2Middle Englishcomento come
3Old Englishcumanto come
4Proto-West Germanickwemanto come
5Proto-Germanickwemanąto come
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷémtto step, to take a step; to arrive
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʷem-to step
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷémt →Every word from Proto-Germanic kwemaną →
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