Where does “sand” come from?

sand (Old Saxon) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk samd, from Proto-Germanic samdaz, from Proto-Indo-European sámh₂dʰos, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

sand (Old Saxon): beach

Definitions

  1. beach

Ancestry of “sand”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorsksamdin agreement
2Proto-Germanicsamdazsand
3Proto-Indo-Europeansámh₂dʰossand
4Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sámh₂dʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic samdaz →