-dom
Low German
/doːm/
suffix
Definitions
- belonging to a domain or territory (e.g. Hartogdom (duchy); this sense is no longer productive)
- quality or condition of the adjective stem (e.g. Riekdom (Riekdom) less productive than suffixes like -heit (-heit))
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Low German -dôm derived from Old Saxon -dōm derived from Proto-Germanic *-dōmaz (-dom).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*-dōmaz
Gloss
-dom
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -dom English
- -tum German
- Heidentum German
- Nomadentum German
- -dom Dutch, Flemish
- *dʰóh₁mos Proto-Indo-European
- *-dōmaz Proto-Germanic
- -dom Old English
- -dōm Old English
- -dom Middle English
- -dómr Old Norse
- -dom Middle Dutch
- -tuom Old High German
- -tuom Middle High German
- -duom Old Dutch
- -dôm Middle Low German
- -dōm Old Saxon
- -dōm Old Frisian