sam-
Danish edit
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sam-
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Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse sam-. Related to the adjective samur.
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sam-
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Garo edit
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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Classifier edit
sam-
- classifier for bilateral body parts like eyes and ears.
Icelandic edit
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sam-
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- samfangi
- samhjálp
- samlínuleiki
- samskeiða
- sammótun (homomorphism)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse sam-, related to samme.
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sam-
- (generally) co-
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Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse sam-, related to same.
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sam-
- (generally) co-
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- “sam-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-West Germanic *sāmi-, from Proto-Germanic *sēmi-, from Proto-Indo-European *sēmi-. Cognate with Old Saxon sām-, Old High German sāmi-. Compare semi-.
Since the i-umlaut of /ɑ̃:/ is /e:/ and unstressed short high vowels were lost after a heavy syllable, the expected outcome would have been *sēm- (sometimes *sem-; see below). Two developments interfered. First, lack of i-umlaut shows that the final *-i was replaced with *-a in this prefix, perhaps by analogy with its synonym *halba- (later healf-). Second, the root vowel shows shortening, since without i-umlaut the regular outcome of /ɑ̃:/ is /o:/.
In most compounds of sam- this shortening is expected, since a prehistoric sound change shortened long vowels before (1) clusters of three consonants, (2) two consonants plus two syllables, or (3) geminates. This shortening could have been eliminated by analogy in many cases (there is no way to know how often, as Old English manuscripts do not normally mark vowel length), but it was apparently maintained in sam-.
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sam-
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Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Germanic *samaz (“together”), from Proto-Indo-European *somHós (“same”), Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one, together”). Compare Old English samen (“together”), Old English same (“manner, similitude”).
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sam-
- union, combination, agreement; together, con-
- samheort ― unanimous, "same-hearted"
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Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *samaz (“same, alike”), from Proto-Indo-European *somHós.
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sam-
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Swedish edit
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sam-
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- sam- in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- sam- in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- sam- in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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sam- (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜋ᜔)