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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)