Etymology

birthdom

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Today it means: The land of one's birth. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *dōmaz ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos ← English birth
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰértis
  3. Proto-Germanic*burþiz
  4. Old Norseburðr
  5. Middle Englishbirthe
  6. Englishbirth
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dʰóh₁mos
  9. Proto-Germanic*dōmaz
  10. English todaybirthdom

From birth + -dom.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.