Where does “seu” come from?

seu (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin suus, from Proto-Italic sowos, from Proto-Indo-European sewos, from Proto-Indo-European swé — self.

seu (Old Portuguese): third-person singular possessive pronoun: his,...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular possessive pronoun: his,...

Ancestry of “seu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsuushis, her, its, their
2Proto-Italicsowoshis, her, its, their
3Proto-Indo-Europeansewos(one's) own; his, her, its
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswéself

Words derived from “seu”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swé →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sewos →Every word from Proto-Italic sowos →