also sand-blind, "half-blind," c. 1400, probably altered (by influence of sand) from Old English *samblind, the first element from West Germanic *sami-, from PIE *semi- (see semi-); compare Old English samlæred "half-taught, badly instructed," samstorfen "half-dead."
sandal
sandalwood
sandbag
sandbar
sand-blast
sandblind
sandbox
sand-castle
sanderling
sand-fly
sandiness