Where does “sowt” come from?

sowt (Scots) comes from Scots nowt, from Old English nāwiht, from Proto-West Germanic *naiwwiht — nothing.

sowt (Scots): something

Definitions

  1. something

Ancestry of “sowt”, step by step

sowt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Scots nowt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scotsnowtnaught, nothing
2Old Englishnāwihtnothing, naught
3Proto-West Germanic*naiwwihtnothing

via Scots owt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scotsowtaught; anything
2Old Englishāwihtanything; something
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *naiwwiht →