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Where does “surar” come from?

surar (Catalan) comes from Catalan suro, from Latin sūber, from Old High German sūbar, from Proto-West Germanic sūbrī, from Latin sōbrius, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks — six.

surar (Catalan): to float

Definitions

  1. to float

Ancestry of “surar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalansurocork
2Latinsūber—
3Old High Germansūbar—
4Proto-West Germanicsūbrīsober; clean
5Latinsōbrius—
6Latinsē-—
7Latinsexsix; 6
8Proto-Italicsekssix
9Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →