-sam
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "sam"
Etymology
From Middle High German -sam, from Old High German -sam, from Proto-West Germanic *-sam, from Proto-Germanic *-samaz, from Proto-Germanic *samaz, from Proto-Indo-European *somHós. Cognate with English -some and Dutch -zaam. Related also to Old High German samo (“the same”) and sama (“similary”).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-sam
- Used to form adjectives from verbs, nouns, and other adjectives; expressing similarity or the possession of a quality.
- Tugend (“virtue”) + -sam → tugendsam (“of virtue, virtuous”)
- aufmerken (“to observe”) + -sam → aufmerksam (“observant, attentive”)
- lang (“long, lengthy”) + -sam → langsam (“slow”)
- Used to form adjectives from verbs; expressing the ability to undergo some action.
Usage notes
- The suffix is now of very limited productivity at most.
Derived terms
Suffix
-sam
Etymology
From Old Norse -samr.
Suffix
-sam
- used to form adjectives
Derived terms
References
- “-sam” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Etymology
From Old Norse -samr, from Proto-Germanic *-samaz, a suffix form of *samaz (“same”).
Suffix
-sam
- -some; creating adjectives, mostly out of nouns
Derived terms
See also
References
- -sam in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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