Where does “swat” come from?

swat (Louisiana Creole) comes from French soit, from Latin sit, from Latin sum, from Proto-Italic ezom, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésmi, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ēs- — to be.

swat (Louisiana Creole): or

Definitions

  1. or

Ancestry of “swat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsoitlet be
2Latinsitthird-person singular present active subjunctive...
3Latinsumto be, exist, have; to be there; to go
4Proto-Italicezomto be
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ésmifirst-person singular present indicative of...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ēs-to be
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ēs- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésmi →Every word from Proto-Italic ezom →