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Where does “sūvar” come from?

sūvar (Old Dutch) comes from Latin sōbrius, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

Ancestry of “sūvar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsōbrius—
2Latinsē-—
3Latinsexsix; 6
4Proto-Italicsekssix
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “sūvar”

  • zuiver
  • suver
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →