-tum
See also: Appendix:Variations of "tum"
German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German -tuom, from Old High German -tuom, from Proto-West Germanic *-dōm, from Proto-Germanic *-dōmaz (“-dom”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos (“thing put”).
Cognate with English -dom, Dutch -dom, Swedish -dom.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-tum n or m (strong, genitive -tums or (less common) -tumes, plural -tümer)
- A suffix used to derive abstract nouns: -dom
Declension edit
Declension of -tum [neuter // masculine, strong]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “-tum”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
Latin edit
Etymology 1 edit
From -tus (forming adjectives), from Proto-Italic *-tos, from Proto-Indo-European *-tós (suffix creating verbal adjectives).
Suffix edit
-tum
- inflection of -tus:
Etymology 2 edit
Most likely a nominalization of the neuter of -tus (adjective-forming suffix).
Alternative forms edit
Suffix edit
-tum n (genitive -tī); second declension
- (applied to noun stems)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
From -tus (forming nouns of action).
Suffix edit
-tum