Where does “sui” come from?
sui (Old Occitan) comes from Old Occitan esser, from Latin sūm, from Proto-Italic ezom, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésmi, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ēs-.
sui (Old Occitan): first-person singular present indicative of esser
Definitions
- first-person singular present indicative of esser
Ancestry of “sui”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Occitan | esser | to be |
| 2 | Latin | sūm | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | ezom | to be |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ésmi | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ēs- | — |