Where does “summum” come from?
summum (Faroese) comes from Faroese summur, from Old Norse sumr, from Proto-Germanic sumaz, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.
summum (Faroese): dative of summur: some
Ancestry of “summum”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Faroese | summur | some |
| 2 | Old Norse | sumr | some |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | sumaz | some , a certain; some, certain |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |