The story
- Old English · derived fromsum
- Middle English · inherited fromsomþyng
- English todaysomething
From Middle English somþyng, some-thing, som thing, sum thinge, sum þinge, from Old English sum þing (literally “some thing”), equivalent to some + thing. Compare Old English āwiht (“something”, literally “some thing, any thing”), Swedish någonting (“something”, literally “some thing, any thing”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishsum all →
some-some
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.