Where does “sum” come from?

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

sum (Old Saxon): some

Definitions

  1. some

Ancestry of “sum”, step by step

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

Words derived from “sum”

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