Where does “സാമി” come from?
സാമി (Malayalam) comes from English Sámi, from Tamil சாமி, from Pali sāmin, from Sanskrit स्वामिन्, from Sanskrit स्व, from Proto-Indo-Aryan swá, from Proto-Indo-Iranian swá, from Proto-Indo-European swé — self.
സാമി (Malayalam): God
Definitions
- God
Ancestry of “സാമി”, step by step
സാമി traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Sámi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Sámi | Alternative spelling of Sami |
| 2 | Tamil | சாமி | God |
| 3 | Pali | sāmin | owner |
| 4 | Sanskrit | स्वामिन् | an owner, proprietor, master, lord or owner of; a... |
| 5 | Sanskrit | स्व | his/her own; of self; one's self |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | swá | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | swá | self; reflexive pronoun |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | swé | self |
via Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀫
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sauraseni Prakrit | 𑀲𑀫 | — |
| 2 | Sanskrit | अस्मि | present active first-person singular of अस्ति |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | Hásmi | first-person singular present indicative of *Has- |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hásmi | first-person singular present indicative of *Has- |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ésmi | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ēs- | to be |