Where does “someway” come from?
Someway comes from English some and English away, tracing through Old English weġ to Proto-Germanic sumaz and Proto-Indo-European sem- and ǵʰengʰ- and weǵʰ-.
someway (English): Somehow
Ancestry of “someway”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | some | A certain number, at least two; An indefinite... |
| 2 | Middle English | som | some |
| 3 | Old English | sum | some |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *sum | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sumaz | some , a certain; some, certain |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |