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Where does “saumaz” come from?

saumaz (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European syuHmen-, from Proto-Indo-European siH-u-.

saumaz (Proto-Germanic): stitch, seam, hem, edge

Definitions

  1. stitch, seam, hem, edge

Ancestry of “saumaz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-EuropeansyuHmen-band
2Proto-Indo-EuropeansiH-u-—

Words derived from “saumaz”

  • seam
  • seme
  • polysemy
  • seamy
  • polysemic
  • seamline
  • inseam
  • semic
  • outseam
  • soam
  • polyseme
  • seaminess
  • unseam
  • polysemically
  • seamlike
  • enseam
  • sideseam
  • seamfree
  • seamhead
  • broadseam
  • Spülsaummaterial
  • Spülsaum
  • Saum
  • saumselig
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