Where does “soif” come from?
soif (Old French) comes from Old French seif, from Latin sitis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰgʷʰítis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰgʷʰey- — to decline; to perish.
soif (Old French): thirst
Ancestry of “soif”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | seif | thirst |
| 2 | Latin | sitis | thirst; second-person plural present active... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰgʷʰítis | decay; destruction; perishing, destruction,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰgʷʰey- | to decline; to perish |
Words derived from “soif”