Where does “sum” come from?

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

sum (Middle English): some

Definitions

  1. some

Ancestry of “sum”, step by step

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

Words derived from “sum”

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