PROTO: *śami-n
MEANING: 1 bitter 2 pungent, piquant, spicy 3 hot-tempered, angry
BZK: samin 1
GIP: samin 1
BNV: samin 1, 2, 3
SAL: samin 3
LAB: samin 1, 2
BZT: samin 2, 3
ZBR: samin 1, 2, 3
COMMENTS: Aulestia & White cite the meanings: "n. pain, suffering, affliction. adj. bitter, sour. adj. painful, offensive, bitter, angry." Cf. PNC *c̣ĕmhV ~ *c̣wĕnhV ‘salt’. The semantic relation of ‘salt’ ~ ‘bitter’ ~ ‘sour’ is common: cf. Lett. sūrs ‘salt(y), bitter’, Lith. sūrus ‘salt(y)’ ~ Eng. sour, and other examples.
