Where does “soete” come from?
soete (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch suoti, from Proto-West Germanic swōtī, from Proto-Germanic swōtuz, from Proto-Indo-European swéh₂dus, from Proto-Indo-European sweh₂d- — sweet.
Ancestry of “soete”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Dutch | suoti | sweet, pleasant |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | swōtī | sweet |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | swōtuz | sweet |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | swéh₂dus | sweet |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sweh₂d- | sweet |
Words derived from “soete”