Samhain
Irish (Donegal)
/sˠaunʲ/, /sˠəunʲ/, /ˈsˠauwənʲ/
noun
Definitions
- November
- Samhain Celtic festival; more generally the first of November.
Etymology
Inherited from Old Irish Samain (Halloween) inherited from Proto-Celtic *Samonios inherited from Proto-Indo-European *smH-on-, *smHon- (reunion, together, assembly) inherited from Proto-Celtic *samo- (summer) derived from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥h₂ós (summer).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*sm̥h₂ós
Gloss
summer
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
夏
Emoji
🌻 🍹 🏖️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Samhain English
- *sam Proto-Indo-European
- *smH-on-, *smHon- Proto-Indo-European
- *sm̥h₂ós Proto-Indo-European
- Saveno Esperanto
- Saŭeno Esperanto
- Gorffennaf Welsh
- haf Welsh
- hafau Welsh
- hafod Welsh
- hefin Welsh
- Samain Old Irish
- sam Old Irish
- Sauin Manx
- *Samonios Proto-Celtic
- *samo- Proto-Celtic
- *samonios Proto-Celtic
- *samos Proto-Celtic
- *há Proto-Iranian
- 𐬵𐬀 Avestan
- ham Old Welsh