Where does “säubern” come from?

säubern (German) comes from German sauber, from Latin sūber, from Old High German sūbar, from Proto-West Germanic sūbrī, from Latin sōbrius, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks — six.

säubern (German): to clean, to cleanse

Definitions

  1. to clean, to cleanse

Ancestry of “säubern”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansauberclean; neat, tidy; pretty, cute
2Latinsūbercork oak, cork-tree
3Old High Germansūbarclean
4Proto-West Germanicsūbrīsober; clean
5Latinsōbriussober (not drunk)
6Latinsē-apart-; aside-; away
7Latinsexsix; 6
8Proto-Italicsekssix
9Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “säubern”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Latin sē- →Every word from Proto-Italic seks →