samen

Etymology
From, a contraction of earlier , from. Although not clear from the spelling, the ⟨s⟩ in the Middle Dutch word was pronounced as voiced. That is, was pronounced, like the modern descendant  and the related words  and. The contracted form, however, had a voiceless because it was assimilated to the preceding , creating an affricate. This affricate was later simplified to.

Middle Dutch derives from, from , from. Compare also and, from the zero grade of the same Indo-European root.

Adverb

 * 1) together

Adverb

 * 1) together

Etymology
From,.

Adverb

 * 1) together