Where does “ticklesome” come from?

ticklesome (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.

ticklesome (English): Characterised or marked by tickling

Definitions

  1. Characterised or marked by tickling

Ancestry of “ticklesome”, step by step

ticklesome 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 tickle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtickleThe act of tickling; An itchy feeling resembling...
2Middle Englishtiklen—

Words derived from “ticklesome”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →