Saame
/seːm/noun
A Scots dialectal spelling of “same,” meaning identical or unchanged.
Did you know?“Saame” preserves a Scots form related to the ancient Indo-European root *sem-, meaning “one” or “together,” which also echoes in words for similarity and unity.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*sem-
“One, together, or unified”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*samaz
“Same, alike, or corresponding”
Old English
Old English
same
“The same; alike; identical”
Middle English
Middle English
same / sam
“Identical or unchanged”
Medieval Scots
Scots
saame
“A Scots spelling variant of “same””
Modern Scots
Scots
saame
“Same; identical or alike”