Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/saumaz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *syowH-mo-s (“band”), from Proto-Indo-European *syewh₁- (“to sew”). Particularly similar cognate with Sanskrit स्यूमन् (syū́man, “band, thong, bridle”), Ancient Greek ῠ̔μήν (hŭmḗn, “film, membrane, sinew”), the latter two which stem from a pre-form *syuHmen.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑu̯.mɑz/

Noun

*saumaz m[1]

  1. stitch, seam, hem, edge

Inflection

Declension of *saumaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *saumaz *saumōz, *saumōs
vocative *saum *saumōz, *saumōs
accusative *saumą *saumanz
genitive *saumas, *saumis *saumǫ̂
dative *saumai *saumamaz
instrumental *saumō *saumamiz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *saum
    • 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: sōm, *soum
    • Old High German: soum
  • Old Norse: saumr
    • Icelandic: saumur
    • Faroese: seymur
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: saum
    • Old Swedish: sø̄mber
    • Danish: søm
      • Norwegian Bokmål: søm
  • → Proto-Samic:
    • Northern Sami: sávdnji
  • →? Finnish: sauma

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*sauma-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 427
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