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Where does “suduesto” come from?

suduesto (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto sudo, from English South, from French sud, from Middle French sud, from Old French sud, from Old English sūþ, from Proto-Germanic sunþrą, from Proto-Indo-European sóh₂wl̥ — sun.

suduesto (Esperanto): southwest

Definitions

  1. southwest

Ancestry of “suduesto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantosudosouth
2EnglishSouth—
3Frenchsudsouth
4Middle Frenchsud—
5Old Frenchsudsouth
6Old Englishsūþsouth
7Proto-Germanicsunþrąsouth; south, southward
8Proto-Indo-Europeansóh₂wl̥sun
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