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Where does “Hsu-” come from?

Hsu- (Proto-Indo-Aryan) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hsu-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁su-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁wes- — good; to be cheerful, happy; to eat, to feast.

Ancestry of “Hsu-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-IranianHsu-good
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁su-good
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁wes-good; to be cheerful, happy; to eat, to feast

Words derived from “Hsu-”

  • Shan
  • Siam
  • Siamese
  • swastika
  • Sugriva
  • swastikaed
  • Siamization
  • swastikalike
  • svastika
  • siam diu
  • esvástica
  • svastika
  • свастика
  • svastika
  • Swastika
  • Sciam
  • svastika
  • svastika
  • свастика
  • svastika
  • svastika
  • σβάστικα
  • svastika
  • svastika
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