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Where does “Sūþrigēa” come from?

Sūþrigēa (Old English) comes from Old English sūþerne, from Proto-Germanic sunþrōnijaz, from Proto-Indo-European sóh₂wl̥ — sun.

Sūþrigēa (Old English): southern region

Definitions

  1. southern region

Ancestry of “Sūþrigēa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsūþernesouthern, southerly, coming from the south; of...
2Proto-Germanicsunþrōnijazsouthern
3Proto-Indo-Europeansóh₂wl̥sun

Words derived from “Sūþrigēa”

  • Surrey
  • Surry
  • 薩里
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