Where does “samen” come from?

samen (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic saman, from Proto-Germanic samanai, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

samen (Old Dutch): together

Definitions

  1. together

Ancestry of “samen”, step by step

samen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic saman

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

via Proto-West Germanic *saman

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*saman—

Words derived from “samen”

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