Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/saum
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *saumaz.
Noun
*saum m
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
Descendants
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Late Latin sauma, from Latin sagma (“packsaddle”).
Noun
*saum m
- a load, burden
- Synonym: *burþini
- packsaddle
- Synonym: *saumasadul
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
- *saumahross
- *saumapanning
- Old English: sēompenig
- Old Saxon: sōmpenning
- Middle Low German: sômpenninc, sômpennink
- Old High German: soumpfenning
- German: Saumpfennig
- *saumasadul
- *saumārī
- *saumijan
Descendants
- Old English: sēam, sēom
- Old Saxon: sōm
- 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.