Where does “zumthin'” come from?

zumthin' (Yola) comes from Middle English somþyng, from Old English sum, from Proto-West Germanic *sum, from Proto-Germanic sumaz, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

zumthin' (Yola): something

Definitions

  1. something

Ancestry of “zumthin'”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishsomþyngsomething
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 →