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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-sam
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *-sam.
Suffix
*-sam
- -some. Forms adjectives from nouns and adjectives expressing similarity or the possession of a quality.
Inflection
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *-sam | ||
| Genitive | *-samas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *-sam | *-samu | *-sam |
| Accusative | *-samanā | *-samā | *-sam |
| Genitive | *-samas | *-sameʀā | *-samas |
| Dative | *-samumē | *-sameʀē | *-samumē |
| Instrumental | *-samu | *-sameʀu | *-samu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *-samē | *-samō | *-samu |
| Accusative | *-samā | *-samā | *-samu |
| Genitive | *-sameʀō | *-sameʀō | *-sameʀō |
| Dative | *-samēm, *-samum | *-samēm, *-samum | *-samēm, *-samum |
| Instrumental | *-samēm, *-samum | *-samēm, *-samum | *-samēm, *-samum |
Derived terms
Proto-West Germanic terms suffixed with *-sam
Descendants
- Old English: -sum
- Middle English: -sum, -som, -some
- English: -some
- Scots: -some
- Middle English: -sum, -som, -some
- Old Frisian: -sam
- Saterland Frisian: -soam
- West Frisian: -sum
- Old Saxon: -sam
- Middle Low German: -sam
- German Low German: -saam
- Middle Low German: -sam
- Old Dutch: -sam
- Middle Dutch: -sam
- Dutch: -zaam
- Middle Dutch: -sam
- Old High German: -sam
- Middle High German: -sam
- German: -sam
- Middle High German: -sam