Where does “soþ” come from?
soþ (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic sanþ, from Proto-Germanic sanþaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁sónts, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ēs-.
soþ (Old English): true, real; truth
Ancestry of “soþ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | sanþ | true; truth |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | sanþaz | true, real |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁sónts | active participle of *h₁ésti; being, existence;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ēs- | — |