saum

noun. drinking-vessel

A noun meaning “drinking-vessel” derived from primitive ᴹ✶sukmā (Ety/SUK). This word went through a number of phonetic changes:

• [[ilk|the [k] became [g] before the nasal [m]]]

• [[ilk|the [u] shifted to [o] before the final [a]]]

• [[ilk|the [g] vocalized to [u] before the nasal [m] producing the diphthong [ou]]]

• [[ilk|the resulting diphthong [ou] became [au]]]

Helge Fauskanger originally suggested these developments (AL-Ilkorin/saum).

Cognates

• ᴹQ. sungwa “drinking-vessel” ✧ Ety/SUK

Derivations

• ᴹ✶sukmā “drinking-vessel” ✧ Ety/SUK
  • ᴹ√SUK “drink, drain” ✧ Ety/SUK

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶sukmā > saum	[sukmā] > [sukma] > [sugma] > [sogma] > [souma] > [soum] > [saum]	✧ Ety/SUK