Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗noun
Coming, arrival; approach. · Semen. · Female ejaculatory discharge.
prep
Used to indicate a point in time at or after which a stated event or situation occurs.
intj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAn exclamation to express annoyance. · An exclamation to express encouragement, or to precede a request.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European *gʷémt Proto-Germanic *kwemaną Proto-West Germanic *kweman Old English cuman Middle English comen English come From Middle English comen, cumen, from Old English cuman, from Proto-West Germanic *kweman, from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną (“to come”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷémt (“to step; to arrive”), from *gʷem- (“to come, step”). Cognates Cognate from Proto-Germanic with Scots cum (“to come”), Yola come, coome, cum (“to come”), North Frisian kaame, kame, keem, kem, kum, kååme, käme (“to come”), Saterland Frisian kume, kuume (“to come”), West Frisian komme (“to come”), Alemannic German cha, cheemen, cheme, cho, chomu, chéeme (“to come”), Bavarian ckeman, kemma, kemman, khemen, kumma, kumman, kèmmin (“to come”), Central Franconian komme, kunn, kumme (“to come”), Cimbrian ken, khemmen, khèmman (“to come”), Dutch komen, kommen (“to come”), Dutch Low Saxon kåmen (“to come”), German and Luxembourgish kommen (“to come”), Low German kamen, kuemen (“to come”), Mòcheno kemmen (“to come”), Yiddish קימען (kimen), קומען (kumen, “to come”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål komme (“to come”), Elfdalian kumå (“to come”), Faroese and Icelandic koma (“to come; to arrive”), Jamtish kuma (“to come”), Norwegian Nynorsk koma, komma, komme, kåmmå, kåmå (“to come”), Swedish komma (“to come”), Crimean Gothic kommen (“to come”), Gothic 𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (qiman, “to come”). Cognate from Proto-Indo-European with Latin venio (“to come; to approach”), Greek βήμα (víma, “pace, step”), Albanian ngah, ngaj (“to hasten, run”), Latvian dzimt (“to be born”), Lithuanian gimti (“to be born”), Armenian եկ (ek, “the act of coming, arrival; income”), Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬨 (gam, “to come, go”), Northern Kurdish gav (“step”), Persian گام (gâm, “step”), Tocharian A kum- (“to come”), Tocharian B käm- (“to come”), Sanskrit गम् (gam, “to come, go, move”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentioncomenenm
- Inherited-form mentioncumanang
- Inherited-form mention*kwemangmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*kwemanągem-pro · to come
- Inherited-form mention*gʷémtine-pro · to step; to arrive
- Cognate mentioncumsco · to come
- Cognate mentioncomeyol
- Cognate mentionkaamefrr
- Cognate mentionkumestq
- Cognate mentionkommefy · to come
- Cognate mentionchagsw
- Cognate mentionckemanbar
- Cognate mentionkommegmw-cfr
- Cognate mentionkencim
- Cognate mentionkomennl
- Cognate mentionkamennds
- Cognate mentionkemmenmhn · to come
- Cognate mentionקימעןyi
- Cognate mentionkumåovd · to come
- Cognate mentionkumagmq-jmk · to come
- Cognate mentionkomann
- Cognate mentionkommasv · to come
- Cognate mentionkommengme-cgo · to come
- Cognate mention𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽got · to come
- Cognate mentionveniola · to come; to approach
- Cognate mentionβήμαel · pace, step
- Cognate mentionngahsq
- Cognate mentiondzimtlv · to be born
- Cognate mentiongimtilt · to be born
- Cognate mentionեկhy · the act of coming, arrival; income
- Cognate mention𐬔𐬀𐬨ae · to come, go
- Cognate mentiongavkmr · step
- Cognate mentionگامfa · step
- Cognate mentionkum-xto · to come
- Cognate mentionkäm-txb · to come
- Cognate mentionगम्sa · to come, go, move
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Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
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"name": "cog",
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"1": "sv",
"2": "komma",
"t": "to come"
},
"expansion": "Swedish komma (“to come”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "gme-cgo",
"2": "kommen",
"t": "to come"
},
"expansion": "Crimean Gothic kommen (“to come”)"
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{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "got",
"2": "𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽",
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{
"name": "cog",
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"t": "to come; to approach"
},
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{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "lv",
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},
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},
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"name": "cog",
"args": {
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"expansion": "Lithuanian gimti (“to be born”)"
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"t": "the act of coming, arrival; income"
},
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"2": "𐬔𐬀𐬨",
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},
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},
{
"name": "cog",
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"t": "step"
},
"expansion": "Northern Kurdish gav (“step”)"
},
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"1": "fa",
"2": "گام",
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"t": "step"
},
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"1": "xto",
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{
"name": "cog",
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"1": "txb",
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},
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},
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"name": "cog",
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},
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],
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"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gʷem-"
],
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"cum",
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],
[
"come",
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],
[
"coome",
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],
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"cum",
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],
[
"kaame",
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],
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],
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"keem",
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],
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"komme",
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"kunn",
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"kumme",
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