Sam
Luxemburgeois
/zaːm/
noun
Definitions
- seam, hem
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German soum (hem, seam, weight, pack animal) inherited from *saum inherited from Proto-Germanic *saumaz (that which is sewn).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*saumaz
Gloss
that which is sewn
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- enseam English
- inseam English
- outseam English
- overseam English
- seam English
- seamed English
- seamer English
- seamfree English
- seamhead English
- seamless English
- seamlike English
- seamline English
- seamster English
- seamy English
- sideseam English
- unseam English
- sauma Finnish
- Saum German
- Spülsaum German
- saumselig German
- schildzoom Dutch, Flemish
- zomen Dutch, Flemish
- zoom Dutch, Flemish
- *syuh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *saumaz Proto-Germanic
- seam Old English
- sēam Old English
- seem Middle English
- sôom Middle Dutch
- soum Old High German
- soom Afrikaans
- soum Middle High German
- *saum gmw-pro
- *sōm Old Dutch
- sōm Old Saxon
- sām Old Frisian