Where does “sowt” come from?
sowt (Scots) comes from Scots nowt, from Old English nāwiht, from Proto-West Germanic *naiwwiht.
sowt (Scots): something
Ancestry of “sowt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Scots | nowt | naught, nothing |
| 2 | Old English | nāwiht | nothing, naught |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *naiwwiht | — |