Where does “sótt” come from?

sótt (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse sótt, from Proto-Germanic suhtiz, from Proto-Germanic -þiz, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

sótt (Icelandic): illness, sickness; supine of sækja

Definitions

  1. illness, sickness; supine of sækja

Ancestry of “sótt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsesóttsickness, illness, disease; second-person plural...
2Proto-Germanicsuhtizsickness
3Proto-Germanic-þizForms abstract nouns from verb roots, usually...
4Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “sótt”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →Every word from Proto-Germanic -þiz →Every word from Proto-Germanic suhtiz →