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sam-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sam"

Danish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Norse sam- (“together, con-”).

Prefix

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sam-

  1. co-, con-

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Danish terms prefixed with sam-

Faroese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Norse sam- (“together, con-”). Related to the adjective samur.

Prefix

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sam-

  1. co-, fellow, collective
  2. homo-

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Faroese terms prefixed with sam-

Garo

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Classifier

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sam-

  1. classifier for bilateral body parts like eyes and ears.

Icelandic

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Norse sam- (“together, con-”).

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sam-

  1. co-, fellow, collective
  2. homo-

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Icelandic terms prefixed with sam-

Lithuanian

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Alternative forms

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  • sán- (before dental and velar consonants (t, d, k, g)), są́- (before resonant consonants (r, l, m, n, j, v))

Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *sam- (“together”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Prefix

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sám-

  1. (before bilabial stops (p, b)) denotes a combination or joining of elements: together, co-, con-, syn-

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Category Lithuanian terms prefixed with sam- not found

References

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  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “sán-”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 532
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “sam”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 388

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Norse sam- (“together, con-”). Related to samme.

Prefix

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sam-

  1. (generally) co-

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Norwegian Bokmål terms prefixed with sam-

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Norse sam- (“together, con-”). Related to same.

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sam-

  1. (generally) co-

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Norwegian Nynorsk terms prefixed with sam-

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Old English

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-West Germanic *sāmi-, from Proto-Germanic *sēmi-, from Proto-Indo-European *sēmi-. Cognate with Old Saxon sām-, Old High German sāmi-. Compare semi-.

Since the i-umlaut of /ɑ̃:/ is /e:/ and unstressed short high vowels were lost after a heavy syllable, the expected outcome would have been *sēm- (sometimes *sem-; see below). Two developments interfered. First, lack of i-umlaut shows that the final *-i was replaced with *-a in this prefix, perhaps by analogy with its synonym *halba- (later healf-). Second, the root vowel shows shortening, since without i-umlaut the regular outcome of /ɑ̃:/ is /o:/.

In most compounds of sam- this shortening is expected, since a prehistoric sound change shortened long vowels before (1) clusters of three consonants, (2) two consonants plus two syllables, or (3) geminates. This shortening could have been eliminated by analogy in many cases (there is no way to know how often, as Old English manuscripts do not normally mark vowel length), but it was apparently maintained in sam-.

Pronunciation

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Prefix

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sam-

  1. (literally) half-
  2. (figuratively) partially
Descendants
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  • Middle English: sam-

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Germanic *samaz (“together”), from Proto-Indo-European *somHós (“same”), Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one, together”). Compare Old English samen (“together”), Old English same (“manner, similitude”).

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Prefix

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sam-

  1. union, combination, agreement; together, con-
    samheort ― unanimous, "same-hearted"
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Old English terms prefixed with sam-

Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *samaz (“same, alike”), from Proto-Indo-European *somHós.

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sam-

  1. together, con-

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Old Norse terms prefixed with sam-

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Norse sam- (“together, con-”).

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sam-

  1. together, co-, con-
    Antonym: sär-

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Swedish terms prefixed with sam-

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Tagalog

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Pronunciation

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Prefix

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sam- (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜋ᜔)

  1. Alternative form of sang-, with roots that begin with ⟨b⟩ or ⟨p⟩

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