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Where does “sobrinus” come from?

sobrinus (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic swezrīnos, from Proto-Italic swezōr, from Proto-Indo-European swésōr, from Proto-Indo-European su-h₁ésh₂-ōr, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésh₂r̥ — blood.

Ancestry of “sobrinus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicswezrīnosof/belonging to the sister
2Proto-Italicswezōrsister
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswésōrsister
4Proto-Indo-Europeansu-h₁ésh₂-ōr—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ésh₂r̥blood
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