Where does “-some” come from?

-some (English) comes from Middle English -som, from Old English sum, from Proto-West Germanic *sum, from Proto-Germanic sumaz, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

-some (English): Characterized by some specific condition or...

Definitions

  1. Characterized by some specific condition or...

Ancestry of “-some”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle English-somsome; having a specific quality
2Old Englishsumsome
3Proto-West Germanic*sumsome
4Proto-Germanicsumazsome (one), a certain (one)
5Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

Words derived from “-some

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem-
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