Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sambas

This Proto-Finnic 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.

Proto-Finnic edit

Etymology edit

Probably borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stámbʰHas (whence Sanskrit स्तम्भ (stambha, pillar)).

Noun edit

*sambas

  1. pillar, column

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Estonian: sammas
  • Finnish: sammas
  • Võro: sammas
  • Votic: sammõz

Further reading edit

  • sammas”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012