Where does “suâ” come from?

suâ (Macanese) comes from Portuguese sua, from Vulgar Latin *suanam, from Latin sūs, from Proto-Italic *sūs, from Proto-Indo-European suH-, from Proto-Indo-European sewH-, from Proto-Indo-European sew- — to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to...

suâ (Macanese): to sweat

Definitions

  1. to sweat

Ancestry of “suâ”, step by step

suâ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese sua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortuguesesuaFeminine singular form of possessive seu;...
2Vulgar Latin*suanam
3Latinsūspig, swine, hog, boar, or sow
4Proto-Italic*sūspig
5Proto-Indo-EuropeansuH-pig, hog, swine
6Proto-Indo-EuropeansewH-to bear; to give birth
7Proto-Indo-Europeansew-to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to...

via Portuguese suar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesesuarto sweat
2Old Portuguesesuar
3Latinsūdōto sweat, perspire
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswēyd-sweat

via Chinese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese
2Chinese
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sew-Every word from Proto-Indo-European sewH-Every word from Proto-Indo-European suH-