Where does “peddlesome” come from?

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

peddlesome (English): Characteristic or marked by peddling

Definitions

  1. Characteristic or marked by peddling

Ancestry of “peddlesome”, step by step

peddlesome traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English some

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsomeA certain number, at least two; An indefinite...
2Middle Englishsomsome
3Old Englishsumsome
4Proto-West Germanic*sumsome
5Proto-Germanicsumazsome (one), a certain (one)
6Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

via English peddle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpeddleTo sell things, especially door to door or in...
2EnglishpedlarAlternative spelling of peddler
3Middle Englishpedlare—
4Middle Englishpedare—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sumaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sum →