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Where does “s-” come from?

s- (Albanian) comes from Latin se-, from Latin suus, from Proto-Italic sowos, from Proto-Indo-European sewos, from Proto-Indo-European swé — self.

s- (Albanian): separately, astray; without

Definitions

  1. separately, astray; without

Ancestry of “s-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinse-separately, astray; without; six
2Latinsuushis, her, its, their
3Proto-Italicsowoshis, her, its, their
4Proto-Indo-Europeansewos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswéself
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