From Proto-West Germanic *kwāmī, from Proto-Germanic *kwēmijaz (“convenient, appropriate, pleasing”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (“to come, go”). Akin to Old High German biquāmi (“pleasing”), Old High German kweman (“to come”) (German kommen (“to come”)), Old English cuman (“to come”). Related to come, comely.
cwēme
Only attested once. Derived form ġecwēme is significantly more common.
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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Nominative | cwēme | cwēmu, cwēmo | cwēme |
Accusative | cwēmne | cwēme | cwēme |
Genitive | cwēmes | cwēmre | cwēmes |
Dative | cwēmum | cwēmre | cwēmum |
Instrumental | cwēme | cwēmre | cwēme |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | cwēme | cwēma, cwēme | cwēmu, cwēmo |
Accusative | cwēme | cwēma, cwēme | cwēmu, cwēmo |
Genitive | cwēmra | cwēmra | cwēmra |
Dative | cwēmum | cwēmum | cwēmum |
Instrumental | cwēmum | cwēmum | cwēmum |