Where does “sum” come from?

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

sum (Old English): some

Definitions

  1. some

Ancestry of “sum”, step by step

sum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic *sum

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

via Proto-Germanic *sum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*sum—

Words derived from “sum”

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