Where does “somlig” come from?

somlig (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish sumliker, 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.

somlig (Swedish): some

Definitions

  1. some

Ancestry of “somlig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishsumliker—
2Middle Low Germansomelīk—
3Old Saxonsumsome
4Proto-West Germanic*sumsome
5Proto-Germanicsumazsome (one), a certain (one)
6Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sumaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sum →