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Where does “sōþ” come from?

sōþ (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic sanþ, from Proto-Germanic sanþaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁sónts, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ēs-.

sōþ (Old English): true, sooth; truth; true, actual, real

Definitions

  1. true, sooth; truth; true, actual, real

Ancestry of “sōþ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicsanþtrue; truth
2Proto-Germanicsanþaztrue, real
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁sóntsactive participle of *h₁ésti; being, existence;...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ēs-—

Words derived from “sōþ”

  • sooth
  • soother
  • soothsaying
  • soothfast
  • soothsay
  • soothfastness
  • soothest
  • insooth
  • soothful
  • soothfastly
  • soothness
  • soothen
  • sothfast
  • sooth
  • soþlic
  • soþgiedd
  • sōþfæst
  • soþe
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