Old English guma reflects reconstructed Proto-Germanic *gumōn-.
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guma
man; human being
OPEN NODE 924 ↗DESCENDS FROM→
PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-Germanic · Proto-Germanic · man germanic*gumōn-
man; human being
OPEN NODE 925 ↗01
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The man or human-being sense continues across Germanic.
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Indo-European Root: dhghem-dhghem-: Old English guma from Germanic *gumōn-
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