Reconstruction:Latin/sambatum

This Latin 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.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek *σάμβατον (*sámbaton, “Sabbath”), variant of σάββατον (sábbaton), from Biblical Hebrew שַׁבָּת‎ (šabbāṯ, “Sabbath”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsambatu/

Noun

*sambatum n (plural *sambata); second declension (Proto-Romance)

Saturday, the Sabbath

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	*/ˈsambatu/	*/ˈsambata/
accusative	*/ˈsambatu/	*/ˈsambata/
genitive-dative	*/ˈsambato/?	*/ˈsambatis/

Descendants

Old French: samedi (< *sambatī diēs)
- Middle French: samedi
  - French: samedi
    - → Franco-Provençal: samedi
    - Haitian Creole: samdi
    - Louisiana Creole: sanmdi, sammdi
    - Mauritian Creole: samdi
- Gallo: samdi
- Norman: samedi, samdi, Sanm'de, sammedi, somedi
- Walloon: semdi
⇒ Vulgar Latin: *sambata
- Eastern Romance:
  - Aromanian: Sãmbãtã, sãmbãtã, sembãte
  - Romanian: sâmbătă
- → Gothic: *𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌱𐌰𐍄𐍉 (*sambatō)
  - → Old High German: sambaztag
    - Middle High German: sameztac, samztac
      - German: Samstag
- → Proto-Slavic: *sǫbota
  - → Hungarian: szombat

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