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Etymology
Inherited from Dutch -zaam, from Middle Dutch -sam, from Old Dutch -sam, from Proto-Germanic *-samaz, from *samaz (“same”). Cognate with English -some, German -sam, Old Norse -samr.
Suffix
-saam
- Used to form adjectives of the base word's quality; compare English -able, English -some.
- selde (“rarely”) + -saam → seldsaam (“rare”)
- spraak (“speech”) + -saam → spraaksaam (“talkative”)
- spaar (“to save”) + -saam → spaarsaam (“frugal”)
Derived terms
See also
-baar