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Where does “so” come from?

so (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic swā, from Proto-Germanic swa, from Proto-Germanic swē, from Proto-Indo-European swē.

Ancestry of “so”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicswāso, thus, in this manner; like, similar to; just...
2Proto-Germanicswaso, thus, in this manner
3Proto-Germanicswēlike, similar to; just like, in the same manner...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswē—

Words derived from “so”

  • hoezo
  • zoals
  • zo
  • evenzo
  • zodoende
  • so
  • soe
  • sô
  • soos
  • also
  • zoe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swē →