Where does “sammet” come from?

sammet (Swedish) comes from Middle Low German sammet, from Old French samit, from Latin samitum, from Ancient Greek ἑξάμιτον, from Ancient Greek ἕξ, from Proto-Hellenic hwéks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

sammet (Swedish): velvet

Definitions

  1. velvet

Ancestry of “sammet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germansammet
2Old Frenchsamitsamite
3Latinsamitum
4Ancient Greekἑξάμιτον
5Ancient Greekἕξsix
6Proto-Hellenichwékscardinal...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “sammet

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs