Where does “somewhither” come from?

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

somewhither (English): To some indeterminate place; to some place or...

Definitions

  1. To some indeterminate place; to some place or...

Ancestry of “somewhither”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishsomwhetherIn some direction
2Middle Englishsomsome
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 →
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