self, of oneself Vin.i.16, Vin.i.33, Vin.i.211 (s. pāka), Vin.iv.121; DN.i.165; MN.i.383; MN.ii.211; MN.iii.253 (sāmaṃ kantaṃ sāmaṃ vāyitaṃ dussayugaṃ); SN.ii.40; SN.iv.230 sq. SN.v.390; Snp.270 (asāma-pāka not cooking for oneself), Snp.889; Ja.i.150; sāmaññeva, i.e. sāmaṃ yeva Snp.p.101.

on etymology, see Andersen Pāli Gloss., p. 268 (contracted from sayamaṃ, Trenckner), cp. Michelson Indog. Forsch., vol. xxiii, p. 235, n. 3 (= avest., hāmō slav., samz)