Where does “sua” come from?

sua (French) comes from French suer, from Old French suer, from Latin soror, from Proto-Italic swezōr, from Proto-Indo-European swésōr, from Proto-Indo-European su-h₁ésh₂-ōr, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésh₂r̥ — blood.

sua (French): third-person singular past historic of suer

Definitions

  1. third-person singular past historic of suer

Ancestry of “sua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsuerto sweat
2Old Frenchsuernominative singular of seror; to dry
3Latinsororsister; cousin, daughter of a father's brother;...
4Proto-Italicswezōrsister
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswésōrsister
6Proto-Indo-Europeansu-h₁ésh₂-ōr—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ésh₂r̥blood
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésh₂r̥ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European su-h₁ésh₂-ōr →Every word from Proto-Indo-European swésōr →
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