Where does “sam” come from?

sam (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic samos, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-h₂-ó-, from Proto-Indo-European semh₂- — summer, year.

sam (Old Irish): summer

Definitions

  1. summer

Ancestry of “sam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticsamossummer
2Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-h₂-ó-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeansemh₂-summer, year
Every word from Proto-Indo-European semh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-h₂-ó- →Every word from Proto-Celtic samos →