Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/saum

This Proto-West Germanic 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-West Germanic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *saumaz.

Noun

*saum m

2. stitch, seam, hem, edge

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*saum
Genitive	*saumas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*saum	*saumō, *saumōs
Accusative	*saum	*saumā
Genitive	*saumas	*saumō
Dative	*saumē	*saumum
Instrumental	*saumu	*saumum

Derived terms

• *saumijan

Descendants

• Old English: sēam
  • Middle English: seem, ceem, ceme, sem, seme, seyme
    • English: seam
    • Scots: seam
• Old Frisian: sām
  • Saterland Frisian: Soom
  • West Frisian: seam
• Old Saxon: sōm
  • Middle Low German: sôm
    • Low German: Soom
    • Plautdietsch: Soom
• Old Dutch: *soum
  • Middle Dutch: sôom
    • Dutch: zoom
      • Afrikaans: soom
• Old High German: soum
  • Middle High German: soum
    • German: Saum
    • Luxembourgish: Sam

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Late Latin sauma, from Latin sagma (“packsaddle”).

Noun

*saum m

2. a load, burden

   Synonym: *burþini

4. packsaddle

   Synonym: *saumasadul

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*saum
Genitive	*saumas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*saum	*saumō, *saumōs
Accusative	*saum	*saumā
Genitive	*saumas	*saumō
Dative	*saumē	*saumum
Instrumental	*saumu	*saumum

Derived terms

• *saumahross
• *saumapanning
  • Old English: sēompenig
  • Old Saxon: sōmpenning
    • Middle Low German: sômpenninc, sômpennink
  • Old High German: soumpfenning
    • German: Saumpfennig
• *saumasadul
• *saumārī
• *saumijan

Descendants

• Old English: sēam, sēom
  • Middle English: seem, ceme, sem, seme; sæm
    • English: seam (historical)
  • ⇒ Old English: ofersēam (“bag”)
• Old Saxon: sōm
  • Middle Low German: sôm, sôme, zoem
• Old High German: soum, sogma
  • Middle High German: soum, sôm
    • German: Saum (dialectal, obsolete)
  • ⇒ Old High German: gisoumi (“luggage”)
    • ⇒ Old High German: gisoumilīn (“parcel”)
  • ⇒ Old High German: soumgiziugi (“harness; provisions case”)