Where does “sumadi” come from?

sumadi (Jamaican Creole) comes from English somebody, 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.

sumadi (Jamaican Creole): somebody; someone; some person; a person

Definitions

  1. somebody; someone; some person; a person

Ancestry of “sumadi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsomebodySome unspecified person; A recognised or...
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- →
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