Where does “suī” come from?

suī (Latin) comes from Latin suō, from Proto-Italic sūō, from Proto-Indo-European *syewH- — to sew.

suī (Latin): the genitive of the reflexive pronoun meaning of himself, of herself, of itself, of themselves, one another, each other, etc

Definitions

  1. the genitive of the reflexive pronoun meaning of himself, of herself, of itself, of themselves, one another, each other, etc

Ancestry of “suī”, step by step

suī traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin suō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsuōto sew, stitch
2Proto-Italicsūōsew, stitch
3Proto-Indo-European*syewH-to sew

via Proto-Indo-European swé

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanswéself

Words derived from “suī”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *syewH- →Every word from Proto-Italic sūō →Every word from Latin suō →