Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/saum

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This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *saumaz.

Noun[edit]

*saum m

  2. stitch, seam, hem, edge
Inflection[edit]
Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *saum
Genitive *saumas
Singular Plural
Nominative *saum *saumō, *saumōs
Accusative *saum *saumā
Genitive *saumas *saumō
Dative *saumē *saumum
Instrumental *saumu *saumum
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Old English: sēam
    • Middle English: seem, ceem, ceme, sem, seme, seyme
      • English: seam
      • Scots: seam
  • Old Frisian: sām
    • Saterland Frisian: Soom
    • West Frisian: seam
  • Old Saxon: sōm
  • Old Dutch: *soum
  • Old High German: soum
    • Middle High German: soum

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Late Latin sauma, from Latin sagma (“packsaddle”).[1]

Noun[edit]

*saum m

  2. a load, burden
    Synonym: *burþini
  4. packsaddle
    Synonym: *saumasadul
Inflection[edit]
Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *saum
Genitive *saumas
Singular Plural
Nominative *saum *saumō, *saumōs
Accusative *saum *saumā
Genitive *saumas *saumō
Dative *saumē *saumum
Instrumental *saumu *saumum
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “seám”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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