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Where does “sótt” come from?

sótt (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic suhtiz, from Proto-Germanic -þiz, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

sótt (Old Norse): sickness, illness, disease; second-person plural...

Definitions

  1. sickness, illness, disease; second-person plural...

Ancestry of “sótt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsuhtizsickness
2Proto-Germanic-þizForms abstract nouns from verb roots, usually...
3Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “sótt”

  • sot
  • helsott
  • sott
  • drepsótt
  • sárasótt
  • sótt
  • gulusótt
  • sótt
  • sot
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