Where does “sadan” come from?
sadan (Finnish) comes from Middle Low German sōdān, from Middle Low German sō, from Old Saxon so, from Proto-West Germanic swā, from Proto-Germanic swa, from Proto-Germanic swē, from Proto-Indo-European swē.
sadan (Finnish): Genitive singular form of sata; First-person...
Definitions
- Genitive singular form of sata; First-person...
Ancestry of “sadan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle Low German | sōdān | — |
| 2 | Middle Low German | sō | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | so | so, like that, in that manner |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | swā | so, thus, in this manner; like, similar to; just... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | swa | so, thus, in this manner |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | swē | like, similar to; just like, in the same manner... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | swē | — |