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Where does “saumijan” come from?

saumijan (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic saumijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

saumijan (Proto-West Germanic): to sew, seam; to load, burden; to mount a...

Definitions

  1. to sew, seam; to load, burden; to mount a...

Ancestry of “saumijan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsaumijanąto sow, to seam
2Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
3Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
5Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “saumijan”

  • zomen
  • sômen
  • sōmen
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