Reconstruction:Latin/sambatum

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek *σάμβατον (*sámbaton, “Sabbath”), variant of σάββατον (sábbaton), from Biblical Hebrew שַׁבָּת (šabbāṯ, “Sabbath”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈsambatu/

Noun edit

*sambatum n (Proto-Romance)

Saturday, the Sabbath

Descendants edit

Old French: samedi (< *sambatī diēs)
- Middle French: samedi
  - French: samedi
    - → Franco-Provençal: samedi
    - Haitian Creole: samdi
    - Louisiana Creole: sanmdi, sammdi
    - Mauritian Creole: samdi
- Gallo: samdi
- Norman: samedi, samdi, Sanm'de, sammedi, somedi
- Walloon: semdi
⇒ Vulgar Latin: *sambata
- Eastern Romance:
  - Aromanian: Sãmbãtã, sãmbãtã, sembãte
  - Romanian: sâmbătă
- Rhaeto-Romance:
  - Romansch: samda
- → Gothic: *𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌱𐌰𐍄𐍉 (*sambatō)
  - → Old High German: sambaztag
    - Middle High German: sameztac, samztac
      - German: Samstag
- → Proto-Slavic: *sǫbota
  - → Hungarian: szombat