Where does “*sāmas” come from?
*sāmas (Proto-Balto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European somHós, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.
Ancestry of “*sāmas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Indo-European | somHós | same, alike |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |