som
Swedish
/sɔm/
conjunction
Definitions
- as, like; similar to
- as; in the same way that
Etymology
Derived from Old Swedish som derived from Old Norse sem (as, like) derived from Proto-Indo-European *sḗm (one).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*sḗm
Gloss
one
Concept
Semantic Field
Quantity
Ontological Category
Number
Kanji
一
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- semper Latin
- *sem- Proto-Indo-European
- *sḗm Proto-Indo-European
- *samaz Proto-Germanic
- *samą, *samô, *samaz Proto-Germanic
- om Swedish
- även Swedish
- ävensom Swedish
- som Norwegian Nynorsk
- sem Old Norse
- hvemsomhelst Danish
- hvorsomhelst Danish
- ligesom Danish
- som Danish
- sem Icelandic
- sum Faroese
- *sindos Proto-Celtic
- som Old Swedish
- sem Westrobothnian
- *sems Proto-Tocharian