Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sāmō

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sēmô; equivalent to *sāan +‎ *-mō.

Noun

*sāmō m[1]

  1. seed

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
Singular
Nominative *sāmō
Genitive *sāmini, *sāman
Singular Plural
Nominative *sāmō *sāman
Accusative *sāman *sāman
Genitive *sāmini, *sāman *sāmanō
Dative *sāmini, *sāman *sāmum
Instrumental *sāmini, *sāman *sāmum

Descendants

  • Old Saxon: sāmo
  • Old High German: sāmo

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 79: “PWGmc *sāmō”
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