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Where does “sothern” come from?

sothern (Middle English) comes from Old English sūþerne, from Proto-Germanic sunþrōnijaz, from Proto-Indo-European sóh₂wl̥ — sun.

Ancestry of “sothern”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsūþernesouthern, southerly, coming from the south; of...
2Proto-Germanicsunþrōnijazsouthern
3Proto-Indo-Europeansóh₂wl̥sun

Words derived from “sothern”

  • southern
  • southernmost
  • southerner
  • southernwood
  • nonsouthern
  • southernness
  • southernly
  • southernization
  • southernism
  • southernize
  • southernisation
  • southernist
  • Southerner
  • southernwort
  • southernise
  • southernish
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