Where does “sovi-” come from?

sovi- (Finnish) comes from Slovak sôvä, from Slovak -ä, from Proto-Slavic -ę, from Proto-Indo-European -ę.

Ancestry of “sovi-”, step by step

sovi- traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Slovak sôvä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Slovaksôväowlet, fledgling
2Slovak-äForms nouns for young animals and other...
3Proto-Slavic-ęForms nouns for young animals and other...
4Proto-Indo-European-ę—

via Czech sova

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechsovaowl
2Old Czechsova—
3Proto-Slavicsovaowl

Words derived from “sovi-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ę →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ę →Every word from Slovak -ä →