Where does “suwa-” come from?

suwa- (Proto-Finnic) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian suHáti, from Proto-Indo-European suh₁-é-ti, from Proto-Indo-European sewh₁- — to press, push.

Ancestry of “suwa-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-IraniansuHáti—
2Proto-Indo-Europeansuh₁-é-ti—
3Proto-Indo-Europeansewh₁-to press, push

Words derived from “suwa-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sewh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European suh₁-é-ti →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian suHáti →
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