Where does “sœtr” come from?

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

sœtr (Old Norse): sweet

Definitions

  1. sweet

Ancestry of “sœtr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicswōtuzsweet
2Proto-Indo-Europeanswéh₂dussweet
3Proto-Indo-Europeansweh₂d-sweet

Words derived from “sœtr”

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