Where does “sauver” come from?

sauver (Hunsrik) comes from Old High German sūbar, from Proto-West Germanic sūbrī, from Latin sōbrius, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

sauver (Hunsrik): clean

Definitions

  1. clean

Ancestry of “sauver”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germansūbarclean
2Proto-West Germanicsūbrīsober; clean
3Latinsōbriussober (not drunk)
4Latinsē-apart-; aside-; away
5Latinsexsix; 6
6Proto-Italicsekssix
7Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Latin sē- →Every word from Proto-Italic seks →