Where does “so” come from?

so (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German saga, from Proto-West Germanic sagā, from Proto-Germanic sagǭ, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷe-, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.

so (Luxembourgish): second-person singular imperative of soen

Definitions

  1. second-person singular imperative of soen

Ancestry of “so”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germansagastory
2Proto-West Germanicsagāstory
3Proto-Germanicsagǭstory
4Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷe-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷ-to follow; to see; to say
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sekʷe- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sagǭ →