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זוים
‘seam’

זוים
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דער/די
זיים
'seam'

ETYMOLOGY

I. Proto-Yiddish ✱z; Proto-EY ✱; from MHG soum; cf. NHG Saum.
Protovowels O4 (?).
II. MHG soum, saum, sôm, sâm; OHG soum, saum, sōm.
III. ON saumr; OE sēam; English seam; from PGmc ✱sauma- 'seam' < DRV ✱siouH-mo-; mo-stem from the root of PGmc ✱siujan- 'to sew'; cf. MHG siuwen; OHG siuwan; OE sēowian; English sew; cf. Sanskrit syū́man- 'band, thong, bridle', Greek ὑμήν 'film, membrane, sinew' (English hymen); Latin suere 'to sew'.

WESTERN

Alsace (France)

sɔ̞um {ALSACE, 47075 Mulhouse, 048-070}

CENTRAL

zaːm {POLAND, Wolbrom, 50196}