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English
Proper noun
Seim
- Alternative form of Seym (“river”)
German
Etymology
From Middle High German seim (“honey, syrup”), from Old High German seim, from Proto-West Germanic *saim, from Proto-Germanic *saimaz (“raw honey”). Cognate with Dutch zeem, Old Saxon sēm (“fresh honey”), and Old Norse seimr (“honeycomb”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
Seim m (strong, genitive Seimes or Seims, plural Seime)
- (archaic) a viscous fluid, especially syrup or honey
Declension
Derived terms
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*saima-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 422
Further reading
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Polish Sejm, from Proto-Slavic *sъjьmъ, from *sъ- (“from, with”), *jęti (“to take”).
Noun
Seim n (plural seimuri)
- Sejm, the lower house of Polish parliament.
Declension