Etymology Explorer
› Old Saxon
Where does “sōt” come from?
sōt (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-Germanic sōtą, from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- — to sit.
Ancestry of “sōt”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Germanic
sōtą
soot
2
Proto-Indo-European
sḗd-
to sit
Words derived from “sōt”
sôt
Sood
Sood
Soot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- →
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