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Etymology of gome

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-ōm Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm Proto-Indo-European *-ō ? Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ Proto-Germanic *gumô Proto-West Germanic *gumō Old English guma Middle

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Unnumbered source etymology

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noun

A man.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-ōm Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm Proto-Indo-European *-ō ? Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ Proto-Germanic *gumô Proto-West Germanic *gumō Old English guma Middle English gome English gome From Middle English gome (“man”), from Old English guma (“man”), from Proto-West Germanic *gumō, from Proto-Germanic *gumô (“man”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ (“earthling”), shortened variant of *dʰǵʰm̥mō (“earthling”). Cognate to Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌼𐌰 (guma) and Latin homō. Doublet of hombre, homo, ombre, and omi. See also human.

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

  • Inherited-form mentiongomeenm · man
  • Inherited-form mentiongumaang · man
  • Inherited-form mention*gumōgmw-pro
  • Inherited-form mention*gumôgem-pro · man
  • Inherited-form mention*ǵʰmṓine-pro · earthling
  • Cognate mention𐌲𐌿𐌼𐌰got
  • Cognate mentionhomōla
  • Doublet mentionhombreen
  • Doublet mentionhomoen
  • Doublet mentionombreen
  • Doublet mentionomien
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