Where does “sūber” come from?

sūber (Latin) 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.

sūber (Latin): cork oak, cork-tree

Definitions

  1. cork oak, cork-tree

Ancestry of “sūber”, 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

Words derived from “sūber”

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