cuman

Part of speech: verb

Verb type: strong verb (4)

1. to come; 2. to happen

Etymology

[Mod E COME ← Prot-Germ *kweman; Goth qiman; O Fris kuma, koma; O Sax kuman; Dt komen; OHG kweman, kuman (Mod G kommen); Icel koma; Sw komma ← Indo-Europ *gwem-, *kwem-; cf Sanskr gácchati “to come; to go”; Anc Gr βάσκω “to come”; Lat venīre “to come”]

Paradigm

4.1.4. - IV class

IV class	infinitive	past tense singular	past tense plural	past participle
to take	niman	nam, nom	námon, nómon	numen
to bear, carry	beran	bær	bǽron	boren
to steal, rob	stelan	stæl	stǽlon	stolen
to come	cuman	cóm, cwóm	cómon, cwómon	cumen

The peculiarities of the vocalization of the 1st and 4th forms of the v cuman are probably attributable to their previously including the consonant -w- (cf Goth qiman [ʹkwɪman]).

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