Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sēmô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *séh₁mn̥ (“seed”); thus equivalent to *sēaną +‎ *-mô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛː.mɔːː/

Noun

*sēmô n

1. seed

Inflection

The plural forms preserve the zero-grade forms of the suffix. The dative plural form was apparently taken from the a-stems.

neuter an-stemDeclension of *sēmô (neuter an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*sēmô	*sēmnō
vocative	*sēmô	*sēmnō
accusative	*sēmô	*sēmnō
genitive	*sēmniz	*sēmnǫ̂
dative	*sēmni	*sēmnamaz
instrumental	*sēmnē	*sēmnamiz

Synonyms

• *sēdiz

Related terms

• *sēaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *sāmō
  • Old Saxon: sāmo
    • Middle Low German: sāme
  • Old High German: sāmo
    • Middle High German: sāme, saume
      • Cimbrian: zamo
      • German: Samen, Same (now rare)
        • → Japanese: ザーメン (zāmen)
      • Hunsrik: Some
      • Luxembourgish: Som
      • Vilamovian: zöma
      • Yiddish: זוימען (zoymen) (< saume)
• → Finnish: hieman (through earlier *šeema)