Where does “sœta” come from?

sœta (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic swōtijaną, from Proto-Indo-European swéh₂dus, from Proto-Indo-European sweh₂d- — sweet.

sœta (Old Norse): sweetness

Definitions

  1. sweetness

Ancestry of “sœta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicswōtijanąto sweeten
2Proto-Indo-Europeanswéh₂dussweet
3Proto-Indo-Europeansweh₂d-sweet

Words derived from “sœta”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sweh₂d- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéh₂dus →Every word from Proto-Germanic swōtijaną →