*sēmô

Runic: ᛊᛖᛗᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈsɛː.mɔːː/

noun · neuter · an-stem

Meanings

seed

Etymology

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

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.sēmôsēmnō
Acc.sēmôsēmnō
Gen.sēmnizsēmnǫ̂
Dat.sēmnisēmnamaz
Inst.sēmnēsēmnamiz
Voc.sēmôsēmnō

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Descendants

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

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