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sand, sandwich, Psammead

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• ? *sam-ndʰ-? *psam-mbʰ-? *samh₂bʰ-? sand European substrate?

  • Pre-Armenian *sabʰa-?

    • Old Armenian աւազ awaz sand, gravel

      • Armenian ավազ avaz sand
  • Germanic *samdaz sand

    • Germanic *kwikwasamdaz living sand, quicksand

      • North Germanic

        • Old Norse *kviksandr

          • Old East Norse

            • Swedish kvicksand quicksand
          • Old West Norse

            • Icelandic kviksandur / kviksyndi
      • West Germanic

        • Old English cwecesand quicksand

          • Middle English quyksond / qwykkesand quicksand

            • English quicksand
    • North Germanic *sandaʀ

      • Old Norse sandr sand, sandbank, sandy ground

        • Old East Norse

          • Danish sand sand
          • Swedish sand sand
        • Old West Norse

          • Faroese sandur sand
          • Icelandic sandur sand

            • English sandur
            • German Sander sandur
        • Dalecarlian sand
      • Samic *sāntē *sāntōj sand

        • Northern Sámi sáttu sand
    • West Germanic *samd *sand

      • Old English sand sand, beach

        • Old English Sandƿic Sand-(Habor)-Town

          • Middle English

            • English Sandwich

              • English Sandwich Islands
              • English sandwich

                • English -wich
                • Arabic سَانْدْوِيتْش sandwitš
                • French sandwich
                • Greek σάντουιτς sántouits
                • Hawaiʻian kanauika
                • Japanese サンドイッチ sandoitchi
                • Russian сандвич sandvič
                • Spanish sándwich
                • Tibetan སན་ཊ་ཝིཆི san ṭa wichi
                • Vietnamese xăng-uých
        • Middle English sond / sand / saunde

          • English sand
          • Scots sand / saun sand
          • Yola zoane sand
      • Frankish *sant

        • Middle Dutch sant / zant sand

          • Dutch zand sand
      • Old High German sant *samt

        • Middle High German sant / sampt / sambt

          • German Sand sand
          • Yiddish זאַמד zamd sand
      • Old Saxon sand sand, beach

        • Middle Low German sant

          • Low German Sand
      • West Germanic *drībasand *driftisand driven-sand, drift-sand, quicksand

        • Frankish

          • Middle Dutch drifsant / driftzant

            • Dutch drijfzand quicksand
        • Old High German

          • Middle High German tripsant / trybsand quicksand

            • German Treibsand quicksand, silt
        • Old Saxon

          • Middle Low German drifsant / dryffsandt

            • Middle High German tripsant / trybsand quicksand

              • German Treibsand quicksand, silt
            • Low German Driefsand
  • Classical Greek ἄμαθος ámathos sand, sandy ground

    • Classical Greek Ἀμαθοῦς Amathoûs place name: Sandy, Amathus

      • Latin Amathus
    • English amatho-

      • English amathomancy
      • English amathophobia fear of dust, fear of sand
  • Classical Greek ἄμμος ámmos sand, sandy ground

    • Italian ammo- sand (in technical compounds)
  • Classical Greek ψάμμος psámmos sand, desert

    • Classical Greek ψαμαθία psamathía beach
    • Classical Greek Ψαμαθοῦς Psamathoûs place name: Sandy, Psamathus

      • Latin Psamathūs
    • Classical Greek ψαμμοδύτης psammodútēs sand-diver, sand-burrower, a kind of fish
    • English psammo-
    • English Psammead
  • Italic *saðol- *saβol-

    • Latin sabulō / sabulōnem / sabulum sand, gravel

      • Central Romance

        • Dalmatian sablaun sand
        • Italian sabbia sand

          • Italian sabbione coarse sand, sandy soil
      • Italian sabbione coarse sand, sandy soil
      • Western Romance

        • Old French sable / sablon / sablun sand

          • Middle French sable / sablon

            • French sable / sablon sand
        • Spanish sablón thick sand
        • Spanish sable sand
      • Middle Dutch savel

        • Dutch zavel sandy soil, sand

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Collected English words

Sandwich Islands, amathomancy, quicksand, sandur, sand, amatho-, amathophobia, psammo-, Psammead, Sandwich, sandwich, -wich