sam- in Old Norse

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Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *samaz (“same, alike”), from Proto-Indo-European *somHós. Etymology templates: {{root|non|ine-pro|*sem-}}, {{inh|non|gem-pro|*samaz||same, alike}} Proto-Germanic *samaz (“same, alike”), {{inh|non|ine-pro|*somHós}} Proto-Indo-European *somHós Head templates: {{head|non|prefix}} sam-

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{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "word": "sam-"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "lang_code": "fo",
      "word": "sam-"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "lang_code": "nn",
      "word": "sam-"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "word": "sam-"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "word": "sam-"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "word": "sam-"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*sem-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*samaz",
        "4": "",
        "5": "same, alike"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *samaz (“same, alike”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*somHós"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *somHós",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *samaz (“same, alike”), from Proto-Indo-European *somHós.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "sam-",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 11 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "together, con-"
      ],
      "id": "en-sam--non-prefix-xTUfKIAq",
      "links": [
        [
          "together",
          "together"
        ],
        [
          "con-",
          "con-"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sam-"
}

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{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "word": "sam-"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "lang_code": "fo",
      "word": "sam-"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "lang_code": "nn",
      "word": "sam-"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "word": "sam-"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "word": "sam-"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "word": "sam-"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*sem-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*samaz",
        "4": "",
        "5": "same, alike"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *samaz (“same, alike”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*somHós"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *somHós",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *samaz (“same, alike”), from Proto-Indo-European *somHós.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "sam-",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Norse lemmas",
        "Old Norse prefixes",
        "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Old Norse terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sem-",
        "Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Pages using catfix",
        "Pages with 11 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "together, con-"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "together",
          "together"
        ],
        [
          "con-",
          "con-"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sam-"
}

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"sam-" meaning in Old Norse

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