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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/saum
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *saumaz.
Noun
*saum m
- stitch, seam, hem, edge
Inflection
| 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
- *saumijan
Descendants
- Old English: sēam
- Middle English: seem, ceem, ceme, sem, seme, seyme
- English: seam
- Scots: seam
- Middle English: seem, ceem, ceme, sem, seme, seyme
- Old Frisian: sām
- Saterland Frisian: Soom
- West Frisian: seam
- Old Saxon: sōm
- Middle Low German: sôm
- Low German: Soom
- Plautdietsch: Soom
- Middle Low German: sôm
- Old Dutch: *soum
- Middle Dutch: sôom
- Dutch: zoom
- Afrikaans: soom
- Dutch: zoom
- Middle Dutch: sôom
- Old High German: soum
- Middle High German: soum
- German: Saum
- Luxembourgish: Sam
- Middle High German: soum
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Late Latin sauma, from Latin sagma (“packsaddle”).[1]
Noun
*saum m
- a load, burden
- packsaddle
Inflection
| 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
- *saumasadul
- Old English: sēamsadol
- Middle English: semsadel, semesadell
- Old High German: soumsatul
- Middle High German: soumsatel
- German: Saumsattel
- Middle High German: soumsatel
- Old English: sēamsadol
- *saumahross (“packhorse”)
- Old English: sēamhors
- Old High German: soumros
- Middle High German: soumros
- German: Saumross
- Middle High German: soumros
- *saumapanning
- Old English: sēompenig
- Old Saxon: sōmpenning
- Middle Low German: sômpenninc, sômpennink
- Old High German: soumpfenning
- German: Saumpfennig
- *saumārī (“packhorse”)
- Old English: sēamere
- Old Saxon: sōmari
- Middle Low German: sȫmäre, sȫmer, sȫmere, zoemer, soymmer, sömmer
- Old High German: soumāri
- Middle High German: soumäre, soumâre, soumer, söumäre, söumer
- *saumijan
Descendants
- Old English: sēam, sēom
- Middle English: seem, ceme, sem, seme; sæm
- English: seam (historical)
- ⇒ Old English: ofersēam (“bag”)
- Middle English: seem, ceme, sem, seme; sæm
- Old Saxon: sōm
- Middle Low German: sôm, sôme, zoem
- Old High German: soum, sogma
- Middle High German: soum, sôm
- German: Saum (dialectal, obsolete)
- ⇒ Old High German: gisoumi (“luggage”)
- ⇒ Old High German: gisoumilīn (“parcel”)
- ⇒ Old High German: soumgiziugi (“harness; provisions case”)
- Middle High German: soum, sôm
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “seám”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.