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Where does “s(e)we-” come from?

s(e)we- (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European se- — one's own.

Ancestry of “s(e)we-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanse-one's own

Words derived from “s(e)we-”

  • svešatne
  • svešvārds
  • svešums
  • svešāds
  • svešinieks
  • svešs
  • swetyas
Every word from Proto-Indo-European se- →