to come.pst.3sg

cuman

V

COME, go, happen

Source: Ringe 2014:141, https://bosworthtoller.com/6806

Attested in Ætherlwold's Reforms (cōm), Exeter Book Riddle 5 (cyme)

originates from

PWGmc *kweman "to come" (kweman > kwiman > kwioman) – Ringe 2014:141: Whether the shift *wi > *u suggested here could be a regular sound change is difficult to determine, as possible parallels and possible counterexamples are both rare.

(source: Ringe 2014:141)

PGmc *kʷeman- "come" (kʷeman- > kweman > kwiman > kwioman > kweoman) through pgmc-to-oe

(source: Kroonen 2013:316)

Inflected forms

cōm "to come.pst.3sg" (oe-past-3sg)

cyme "to come.subj.3sg" (oe-subj-3sg)

Paradigms