Where does “samting” come from?

samting (Tok Pisin) comes from English something, from Middle English somþyng, from Old English sum, from Proto-West Germanic *sum, from Proto-Germanic sumaz, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

samting (Tok Pisin): thing; substance; anything

Definitions

  1. thing; substance; anything

Ancestry of “samting”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsomethingAn uncertain or unspecified thing; one thing; A...
2Middle Englishsomþyngsomething
3Old Englishsumsome
4Proto-West Germanic*sumsome
5Proto-Germanicsumazsome (one), a certain (one)
6Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

Words derived from “samting”

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