Where does “sōþian” come from?

sōþian (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic sanþōną, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ēs- — to be.

sōþian (Old English): to verify, prove, confirm, bear witness to; to...

Definitions

  1. to verify, prove, confirm, bear witness to; to...

Ancestry of “sōþian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsanþōnąto prove true, show to be true
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ēs-to be

Words derived from “sōþian”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ēs- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sanþōną →