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Where does “सु” come from?

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

सु (Sanskrit): "'idem"; easy; good, fine, excellent; good, well

Definitions

  1. "'idem"; easy; good, fine, excellent; good, well

Ancestry of “सु”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeansaw-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʷíh₃wetito live, to be alive
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷih₃wósalive, living
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷeih₃w-to live

Words derived from “सु”

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