"-dom" meaning in Old English

See -dom in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /doːm/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *-dōm, from Proto-Germanic *-dōmaz. Etymology templates: {{etymon|ang|:inh|gmw-pro:*-dōm}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*dōmaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-dōmaz", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-dōm", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-dom", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" }" data-lang="ang" data-title="-dom">, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*-dōm}} Proto-West Germanic *-dōm, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*-dōmaz}} Proto-Germanic *-dōmaz Head templates: {{head|ang|suffix|g=m|head=-dōm}} -dōm m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-m|-dōm}}, {{ang-decl-noun|-dōm|-dōmas|-dōm|-dōmas|-dōmes|-dōma|-dōme|-dōmum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: -dōm [canonical, masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], -dōm [nominative, singular], -dōmas [nominative, plural], -dōm [accusative, singular], -dōmas [accusative, plural], -dōmes [genitive, singular], -dōma [genitive, plural], -dōme [dative, singular], -dōmum [dative, plural]
  1. used to derive abstract nouns: -dom Tags: morpheme
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