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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/-tum

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, T (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
-tum
Friedrich Kluge2509098An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, T — -tum1891John Francis Davis

-tum, suffix, from MidHG. and OHG. -tuom; an abstract suffix, which has been formed in compounds from an independent word tuom, m. and n., ‘relation, rank, dignity, condition.’ This is an abstract form of ModHG. thun. Comp. the corresponding Eng. suffix -dom in kingdom. Eng. has preserved the independent word doom (AS. dôm), to which to deem (AS. dêman) is allied; comp. Sans. dhâman, ‘institution, sacred custom.’