-zaam

(Inglese)

Used to form adjectives/adverbs of base adjective's quality; compare English -able, English -some

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da olandese medio: -sam

Ereditato da Old Dutch: -sam

Affine inglese: -some

Affine tedesco: -sam

Affine norse antico: -samr

In summary

From Middle Dutch -sam, later also -saem based on the inflected forms, from Old Dutch -sam, from Proto-Germanic *-samaz, from *samaz (“same”). Cognate with English -some, German -sam, Old Norse -samr.