Where does “אומקום” come from?

אומקום (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish קומען, from Middle High German komen, from Old High German kweman, from Proto-West Germanic kweman, from Proto-Germanic kwemaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʷémt, from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- — to step.

אומקום (Yiddish): destruction

Definitions

  1. destruction

Ancestry of “אומקום”, step by step

אומקום traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish קומען

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishקומעןto come
2Middle High Germankomen—
3Old High Germankwemanto come
4Proto-West Germanickwemanto come
5Proto-Germanickwemanąto come
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷémtto step, to take a step; to arrive
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʷem-to step

via Yiddish אומ־

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishאומ־un-, in-
2Old High Germanun-un-; prefix of negation, absence or contrariness
3Proto-West Germanicun-not, un-
4Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
5Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
6Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷémt →Every word from Proto-Germanic kwemaną →