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Where does “suve” come from?

suve (Occitan) comes from Vulgar Latin suberum, from Latin sūber, from Old High German sūbar, from Proto-West Germanic sūbrī, from Latin sōbrius, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks — six.

suve (Occitan): cork

Definitions

  1. cork

Ancestry of “suve”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinsuberum—
2Latinsūber—
3Old High Germansūbar—
4Proto-West Germanicsūbrīsober; clean
5Latinsōbrius—
6Latinsē-—
7Latinsexsix; 6
8Proto-Italicsekssix
9Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →