Where does “sām-” come from?

sām- (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic sēmi-, from Proto-Indo-European sēmi-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

sām- (Old English): half-; partly; incompletely; half-; half, semi-

Definitions

  1. half-; partly; incompletely; half-; half, semi-

Ancestry of “sām-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsēmi-half
2Proto-Indo-Europeansēmi-half
3Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

Words derived from “sām-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sēmi- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sēmi- →