Where does “sommige” come from?
sommige (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch sommich, from Middle Dutch som, from Old Dutch sum, from Proto-West Germanic *sum, from Proto-Germanic sumaz, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.
sommige (Dutch): some
Ancestry of “sommige”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | sommich | — |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | som | some |
| 3 | Old Dutch | sum | any, some |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *sum | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sumaz | some , a certain; some, certain |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |