Where does “sweetish” come from?

Sweetish derives from Middle English -isch, Old English -isċ, Proto-Germanic swait-, and Proto-Indo-European sweh₂d-, which denoted perspiration or exudation.

sweetish (English): somewhat sweet

Definitions

  1. somewhat sweet

Ancestry of “sweetish”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsweetHaving a pleasant taste, especially one relating...
2Middle Englishswetesweet, pleasant-tasting; sweet in smell;...
3Old Englishswētesweet
4Proto-West Germanicswōtīsweet
5Proto-Germanicswōtuzsweet
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswéh₂dussweet
7Proto-Indo-Europeansweh₂d-sweet

Words derived from “sweetish”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sweh₂d- →
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