Where does “-som” come from?

-som (Middle English) comes from Old English sum, from Proto-West Germanic *sum, from Proto-Germanic sumaz, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

-som (Middle English): some; having a specific quality

Definitions

  1. some; having a specific quality

Ancestry of “-som”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsumsome
2Proto-West Germanic*sumsome
3Proto-Germanicsumazsome (one), a certain (one)
4Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

Words derived from “-som”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sumaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sum →