Where does “-zom” come from?

-zom (Yola) 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.

-zom (Yola): some

Definitions

  1. some

Ancestry of “-zom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle English-somsome; having a specific quality
2Old Englishsumsome
3Proto-West Germanic*sumsome
4Proto-Germanicsumazsome (one), a certain (one)
5Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sumaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sum →