soet
Afrikaans
/sut/
adj
Definitions
- sweet
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish zoet (sweet, soot) inherited from Middle Dutch soete inherited from Old Dutch *suoti inherited from Proto-Germanic *swōtuz (sweet) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂dus.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*sweh₂dus
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aanzoeten Dutch, Flemish
- bitterzoet Dutch, Flemish
- geilzoet Dutch, Flemish
- mierzoet Dutch, Flemish
- zeemzoet Dutch, Flemish
- zoet Dutch, Flemish
- zoeten Dutch, Flemish
- zoethout Dutch, Flemish
- zoetwatermeer Dutch, Flemish
- zoetwatervis Dutch, Flemish
- zoetzuur Dutch, Flemish
- *sweh₂dus Proto-Indo-European
- *swéh₂dus Proto-Indo-European
- *swōtuz Proto-Germanic
- sœtr Old Norse
- soete Middle Dutch
- suozi Old High German
- swuozi Old High German
- doring Afrikaans
- soetdoring Afrikaans
- *swōtī gmw-pro
- *suoti Old Dutch
- suoti Old Dutch
- *swādus, *swādos Proto-Celtic
- swoti Old Saxon