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Where does “sui” come from?

sui (Latin) comes from Latin suō, from Proto-Italic sūō, from Proto-Indo-European *syewH-.

Ancestry of “sui”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsuō—
2Proto-Italicsūōsew, stitch
3Proto-Indo-European*syewH-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *syewH- →