Where does “su” come from?

su (Turkish) comes from French soutache, from Hungarian sujtás, from Hungarian -ás — Added to a verb to form a noun.

su (Turkish): water; juice

Definitions

  1. water; juice

Ancestry of “su”, step by step

su traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via French soutache

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsoutache
2Hungariansujtássoutache
3Hungarian-ásAdded to a verb to form a noun

via Ottoman Turkish su

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishsu
2Old Anatolian Turkishşol
3Old Anatolian Turkishuş ol

via Ottoman Turkish صو

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishصوwater
2Proto-Turkicsɨbwater

Words derived from “su

Every word from Hungarian -ás