Where does “סאַמעטן” come from?
סאַמעטן (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish סאַמעט, from Middle High German samīt, 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.
סאַמעטן (Yiddish): velvet; velvety made of velvet
Definitions
- velvet; velvety made of velvet
Ancestry of “סאַמעטן”, step by step
סאַמעטן traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.