Where does “um” come from?
Um comes from Old Norse umb, from Proto-Germanic umbi, from Proto-Indo-European h₂m̥bʰi, which also derives from Proto-Indo-European h₂ent-.
um (English): See uh; Dated spelling of mmm; To make the "um"...
Definitions
- See uh; Dated spelling of mmm; To make the "um"...
Ancestry of “um”, step by step
um traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English them
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | them | Those ones; Him, her, or it; that one; Those |
| 2 | Middle English | þem | Third-person plural accusative pronoun: them;... |
| 3 | Old Norse | þeim | them, those |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | þaimaz | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sa | that |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |
via Korean ^엄(嚴)
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korean | ^엄(嚴) | — |