Where does “somliker” come from?

somliker (Old Swedish) comes from Middle Low German somelīk, from Old Saxon sum, from Proto-West Germanic *sum, from Proto-Germanic sumaz, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

Ancestry of “somliker”, step by step

somliker traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Low German somelīk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germansomelīk—
2Old Saxonsumsome
3Proto-West Germanic*sumsome
4Proto-Germanicsumazsome (one), a certain (one)
5Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

via Middle Low German sumlīk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germansumlīk—

via Middle Low German somlīk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germansomlīk—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sumaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sum →