Where does “wohsum” come from?

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

wohsum (Old English): evil, wicked

Definitions

  1. evil, wicked

Ancestry of “wohsum”, step by step

wohsum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English sum

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

via Old English wōh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwōhbending, crookedness; crooked, bent
2Proto-Germanicwanhazbent, crooked, twisted
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwónkoscrooked, bent
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwenk-to bend, slant, incline, twist, turn; to bend,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sumaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sum →