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.

sud (Middle French): south

Definitions

  1. south

Ancestry of “sud”, step by step

sud traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French sud

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

via Old French su

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchsusouth

Words derived from “sud”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sóh₂wl̥ →Every word from Proto-Germanic sunþrą →Every word from Old English sūþ →