Where does “samenvatten” come from?

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

samenvatten (Dutch): to summarize (US); summarise (UK)

Definitions

  1. to summarize (US); summarise (UK)

Ancestry of “samenvatten”, step by step

samenvatten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch samen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchsamentogether
2Middle Dutchtsamen—
3Old Dutchsamentogether
4Proto-Germanicsaman—
5Proto-Germanicsamanaiat one; together
6Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

via Dutch vatten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvattento grasp; to grasp mentally, to understand; to...
2Dutchvaten
3Middle Dutchvaten—
4Old Dutchfaton—

Words derived from “samenvatten”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →Every word from Proto-Germanic samanai →Every word from Proto-Germanic saman →