Where does “soifi” come from?

soifi (Esperanto) comes from French soif, from Old French soif, from Old French seif, from Latin sitis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰgʷʰítis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰgʷʰey- — to decline; to perish.

soifi (Esperanto): to thirst, be thirsty; to thirst for

Definitions

  1. to thirst, be thirsty; to thirst for

Ancestry of “soifi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsoifthirst
2Old Frenchsoifthirst
3Old Frenchseifthirst
4Latinsitisthirst; second-person plural present active...
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰgʷʰítisdecay; destruction; perishing, destruction,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰgʷʰey-to decline; to perish

Words derived from “soifi”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰgʷʰey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰgʷʰítis →Every word from Latin sitis →