Where does “swaf” come from?

swaf (Louisiana Creole) comes from French soif, from Old French soif, from Old French seif, from Latin sitis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰgʷʰítis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰgʷʰey- — to decline; to perish.

swaf (Louisiana Creole): thirst

Definitions

  1. thirst

Ancestry of “swaf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsoifthirst
2Old Frenchsoifthirst
3Old Frenchseifthirst
4Latinsitisthirst; second-person plural present active...
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰgʷʰítisdecay; destruction; perishing, destruction,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰgʷʰey-to decline; to perish
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰgʷʰey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰgʷʰítis →Every word from Latin sitis →