Where does “toilsomely” come from?

toilsomely (English) comes from English toilsome, 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.

toilsomely (English): In a toilsome manner

Definitions

  1. In a toilsome manner

Ancestry of “toilsomely”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtoilsomeRequiring continuous physical effort; laborious
2EnglishsomeA certain number, at least two; An indefinite...
3Middle Englishsomsome
4Old Englishsumsome
5Proto-West Germanic*sumsome
6Proto-Germanicsumazsome (one), a certain (one)
7Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sumaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sum →