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Where does “soage” come from?

soage (Romanian) comes from Latin subigo, from Latin agō, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.

soage (Romanian): to knead dough

Definitions

  1. to knead dough

Ancestry of “soage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinsubigoI bring or get; I plough or cultivate; I sharpen...
2Latinagō—
3Proto-Italicagōdrive; push, impel; do, act
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵetito be driving
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- →