Samain
Old Irish
/ˈsaṽinʲ/
proper noun
Definitions
- November
- (Christianity) Halloween
- (Christianity) All Saints' Day, All Hallows
- (paganism) Samhain
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Celtic *samonios derived from Proto-Indo-European *sam (together) inherited from Proto-Celtic *samo- (summer).
Origin
Proto-Celtic
*samo-
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
- Samhain Irish
- Saveno Esperanto
- Saŭeno Esperanto
- Gorffennaf Welsh
- haf Welsh
- hafau Welsh
- hafod Welsh
- hefin Welsh
- Sauin Manx
- *Samonios Proto-Celtic
- *samo- Proto-Celtic
- *samonios Proto-Celtic
- *há Proto-Iranian
- 𐬵𐬀 Avestan
- ham Old Welsh