Where does “ömse” come from?
ömse (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish ymse, from Old Norse ýmiss, from Old Norse í, from Proto-Germanic in, from Proto-Indo-European én — in.
ömse (Swedish): both
Ancestry of “ömse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Swedish | ymse | — |
| 2 | Old Norse | ýmiss | various, different, alternating |
| 3 | Old Norse | í | in |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | in | in; into |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | én | in |
Words derived from “ömse”