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Where does “sud” come from?

sud (Middle French) comes from Old French sud, from Old English sūþ, from Proto-Germanic sunþrą, from Proto-Indo-European sóh₂wl̥ — sun.

Ancestry of “sud”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchsudsouth
2Old Englishsūþsouth
3Proto-Germanicsunþrąsouth; south, southward
4Proto-Indo-Europeansóh₂wl̥sun

Words derived from “sud”

  • sureño
  • sud
  • sur
  • sudtirolese
  • centrosud
  • sudorientale
  • sudoccidentale
  • sud
  • sud-est
  • sud
  • sudeste
  • sud
  • sudoriento
  • sudo
  • sudano
  • suduesto
  • sudeosto
  • sur
  • surleste
  • suroeste
  • sud
  • sudic
  • sud
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