Where does “samen” come from?
samen (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic saman, from Proto-Germanic samanai, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.
Ancestry of “samen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | saman | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | samanai | at one; together |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |