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Where does “suht” come from?

suht (Old Saxon) comes from Old Dutch suhti, from Proto-Germanic suhtiz, from Proto-Germanic -þiz, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

suht (Old Saxon): sickness

Definitions

  1. sickness

Ancestry of “suht”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchsuhti—
2Proto-Germanicsuhtizsickness
3Proto-Germanic-þizForms abstract nouns from verb roots, usually...
4Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “suht”

  • sucht
  • balusuht
  • Sücht
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →