] (whence Lithuanian stambus (“large”)). *<span class="searchmatch">sampi</span> sturgeon (Acipenseridae) Inflection of *<span class="searchmatch">sampi</span> Finnish: <span class="searchmatch">sampi</span> From *sampa: Estonian: samb “samb”, in [ETY]...
alternatively perhaps a corrupted borrowing from Uralic, such as <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Finnic</span> *<span class="searchmatch">sampi</span> (“sturgeon”). *sòmъ m catfish * -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South...