Where does “samen” come from?

samen (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch tsamen, from Old Dutch samen, from Proto-Germanic saman, from Proto-Germanic samanai, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

samen (Dutch): together

Definitions

  1. together

Ancestry of “samen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchtsamen—
2Old Dutchsamentogether
3Proto-Germanicsaman—
4Proto-Germanicsamanaiat one; together
5Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

Words derived from “samen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →