Proto-Germanic

*kwemaną

‘to come’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *kwemaną.

7 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną, most familiar first.

• come ← comen ← cuman ← *kweman
• become ← becomen ← becuman ← *bikwemaną
• coming ← cominge ← cumende ← *kwemandz
• cum ← come ← comen ← cuman ← *kweman
• cometh ← cymþ ← *kwimidi
• comen ← cumen ← cuman ← *kweman
• ycomen ← ġecumen ← cuman ← *kweman

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *kwemaną