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

Definitions

  1. some

Ancestry of “sommige”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchsommich—
2Middle Dutchsomsome
3Old Dutchsumany, some
4Proto-West Germanic*sumsome
5Proto-Germanicsumazsome (one), a certain (one)
6Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

Words derived from “sommige”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sumaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sum →
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