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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/samos

This Proto-Celtic 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-Celtic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sm̥h₂-ó-s, from *semh₂- (“warm season, summer”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *sumaraz, Armenian ամառ (amaṙ, “summer”), Khotanese [script needed] (hamana-, “summer”), Sanskrit समा (sámā, “season, year”), Tocharian A ṣme.

Noun

*samos m

  1. summer

Declension
Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *samos *samou *samoi
vocative *same *samou *samūs
accusative *samom *samou *samoms
genitive *samī *samous *samom
dative *samūi *samobom *samobos
locative *samei *? *?
instrumental *samū *samobim *samūis

Derived terms
  • *samonyos

Descendants
  • Brythonic: *haβ̃
    • Old Breton: ham
      • Middle Breton: haff
    • Old Cornish: haf
    • Old Welsh: ham
  • Old Irish: sam
  • Gaulish: samo-

References

See also
Seasons in Proto-Celtic · *amsterās (layout · text) · category
*wesrakos (“spring”) *samos (“summer”) *wogamur (“autumn”) *gyemos (“winter”)
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