Where does “sūbar” come from?

sūbar (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic sūbrī, from Latin sōbrius, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

sūbar (Old High German): clean

Definitions

  1. clean

Ancestry of “sūbar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicsūbrīsober; clean
2Latinsōbriussober (not drunk)
3Latinsē-apart-; aside-; away
4Latinsexsix; 6
5Proto-Italicsekssix
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “sūbar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Latin sē- →Every word from Proto-Italic seks →