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Swedish
Etymology
Uncertain. From Old Swedish sämbre, from Proto-Germanic *sēmizô. Possibly a derivative of *sēmi- (“half”) or Old English sámr (“swarthy, darkish”). Cognate with Old English sæmra.[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
sämre
- comparative degree of dålig
Adverb
sämre
- comparative degree of illa
- comparative degree of dåligt
References
- ^ Heidermanns, Frank (1993) “*sǣmizan- ‘schlechter’”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen Primäradjektive (Studia linguistica Germanica; 33) (in German), Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 477f.
Further reading
- sämre in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)