Where does “somethingth” come from?

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

somethingth (English): Pseudo-ordinal of an uncertain number

Definitions

  1. Pseudo-ordinal of an uncertain number

Ancestry of “somethingth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsomethingAn uncertain or unspecified thing; one thing; A...
2Middle Englishsomþyngsomething
3Old Englishsumsome
4Proto-West Germanic*sumsome
5Proto-Germanicsumazsome (one), a certain (one)
6Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sumaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sum →