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Where does “saw-” come from?

saw- (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European gʷíh₃weti, from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wós, from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- — to live.

Ancestry of “saw-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeangʷíh₃wetito live, to be alive
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʷih₃wósalive, living
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷeih₃w-to live

Words derived from “saw-”

  • soggy
  • sog
  • soggily
  • sogginess
  • seaw
  • sawwą
  • sawwijaz
  • sawwiją
  • söggr
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