Where does “-some” come from?
-some (Scots) comes from Middle English -som, from Old English sum, from Proto-West Germanic *sum, from Proto-Germanic sumaz, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.
-some (Scots): With nouns and verbs in an active and passive sense, implying “inclined to, full of, causing or caused by”
Definitions
- With nouns and verbs in an active and passive sense, implying “inclined to, full of, causing or caused by”