Samen
German (Berlin)
/ˈzaːmən/
noun
Definitions
- seed, grain
- semen, sperm
- (poetic) offspring
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German sām inherited from Old High German sāmo inherited from *sāmō inherited from Proto-Germanic *sēmô inherited from Proto-Indo-European *séh₁mn̥.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*séh₁mn̥
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- hieman Finnish
- semen Latin
- sēmen Latin
- Anis German
- Anissamen German
- Bank German
- Erguss German
- Lein German
- Leinsamen German
- Leinsamenöl German
- Samenbank German
- Samenerguss German
- Samenspender German
- Spender German
- Sämling German
- besamen German
- *seh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *séh₁mn̥ Proto-Indo-European
- *sēmô Proto-Germanic
- *sěmę Proto-Slavic
- samo Old High German
- sāmo Old High German
- saume Middle High German
- sām Middle High German
- sāme Middle High German
- Fluesssom Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Som Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- זוימען Yiddish
- *sāmō gmw-pro
- *seemen Proto-Finnic
- Same Central Franconian
- *sēˀmen bat-pro