Where does “sām” come from?

sām (Middle English) comes from Old English sāmen, from Proto-Germanic saman, from Proto-Germanic samanai, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

sām (Middle English): together

Definitions

  1. together

Ancestry of “sām”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsāmentogether
2Proto-Germanicsaman—
3Proto-Germanicsamanaiat one; together
4Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

Words derived from “sām”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →Every word from Proto-Germanic samanai →Every word from Proto-Germanic saman →