Reconstruction:Latin/sambatum

This Latin 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.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek *σάμβατον (*sámbaton, “Sabbath”), variant of σάββατον (sábbaton), from Hebrew שַׁבָּת‎ (shabát, “Sabbath”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsambatu/

Noun

*sambatum n (plural *sambata); second declension (Proto-Romance)

Saturday, the Sabbath

Inflection

Second declension neuter.

Italo-Western declension of *sambatum
Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	*sámbatọ	*sámbata
genitive	*sámbati	*sambatọ́rọ
dative	*sámbatọ	*sámbatis
accusative-ablative	*sámbatọ	*sámbata

Eastern declension of *sambatum
Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	*sámbatu	*sámbata
genitive	*sámbati	*sambatóru
dative	*sámbato	*sámbatis
accusative-ablative	*sámbatu	*sámbata

Descendants

Old French: samedi (< *sambatī diēs)
- Middle French: samedi
  - French: samedi
    - → Franco-Provençal: samedi
    - Haitian Creole: samdi
    - Louisiana Creole French: sanmdi, sammdi
    - Mauritian Creole: samdi
- Gallo: samdi
- Norman: samedi, samdi, Sanm'de, sammedi, somedi
- Walloon: semdi
⇒ Vulgar Latin: *sambata
- Eastern Romance:
  - Aromanian: Sãmbãtã, sãmbãtã, sembãte
  - Romanian: sâmbătă
- → Gothic: *𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌱𐌰𐍄𐍉 (*sambatō)
  - → Old High German: sambaztag
    - Middle High German: sameztac, samztac
      - German: Samstag
- → Proto-Slavic: *sǫbota
  - → Hungarian: szombat