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.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈsambatu/

*sambatum n (Proto-Romance)

1. Saturday, the Sabbath

• 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
  • Rhaeto-Romance:
    • Romansch: samda
  • → Gothic: *𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌱𐌰𐍄𐍉 (*sambatō)
    • → Old High German: sambaztag
      • Middle High German: sameztac, samztac
        • German: Samstag
  • → Proto-Slavic: *sǫbota
    • → Hungarian: szombat