Where does “sügis” come from?
sügis (Estonian) comes from Proto-Finnic süksü, from Proto-Uralic sükśe, from French succès, from Middle French succes, from Latin successus, from Latin succēdere, from Latin sub, from Proto-Italic supo.
sügis (Estonian): autumn
Ancestry of “sügis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Finnic | süksü | autumn, fall |
| 2 | Proto-Uralic | sükśe | autumn |
| 3 | French | succès | success; achievement |
| 4 | Middle French | succes | success |
| 5 | Latin | successus | course, flow , approach, outcome, success;... |
| 6 | Latin | succēdere | — |
| 7 | Latin | sub | under, beneath; behind; at the feet of |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | supo | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |