-sam
See also: Appendix:Variations of "sam"
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German -sam, from Old High German -sam, from Proto-West Germanic *-sam, from Proto-Germanic *-samaz, from Proto-Germanic *samaz, from Proto-Indo-European *somHós. Cognate with English -some and Dutch -zaam. Related also to Old High German samo (“the same”) and sama (“similary”).
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-sam
- Used to form adjectives from verbs, nouns, and other adjectives; expressing similarity or the possession of a quality.
- Used to form adjectives from verbs; expressing the ability to undergo some action.
Usage notes edit
- The suffix is now of very limited productivity at most.
Derived terms edit
Latin edit
Suffix edit
-sam
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Suffix edit
-sam
- used to form adjectives
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “-sam” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse -samr, from Proto-Germanic *-samaz, a suffix form of *samaz (“same”).
Suffix edit
-sam
- -some; creating adjectives, mostly out of nouns
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
See also edit
References edit
- -sam in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)