Sau
German (Berlin)
/zaʊ̯/
noun
Definitions
- (archaic) pig (male or female)
- sow, female pig
- (figurative) a dislikable or unethical person
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German sū inherited from Old High German sū inherited from Proto-Germanic *sūz (sow) derived from Proto-Indo-European *sū-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*sū-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- besow English
- intersow English
- oversow English
- resow English
- sow English
- sowable English
- sowback English
- sowbane English
- sowbelly English
- sowbug English
- sower English
- sowest English
- soweth English
- sowfoot English
- sowgelder English
- sowlike English
- swine English
- undersow English
- suppa Latin
- -n- German
- Bär German
- Haufen German
- Jude German
- Judensau German
- Kerl German
- Mast German
- Mastsau German
- Saubär German
- Sauhaufen German
- Saukerl German
- Saustall German
- Schlampe German
- Schlampensau German
- Stall German
- *suH- Proto-Indo-European
- *sū- Proto-Indo-European
- *suf- Proto-Germanic
- *swīną Proto-Germanic
- *sūpaną Proto-Germanic
- *sūz Proto-Germanic
- so Swedish
- su Old English
- sowe Middle English
- sú Old Norse
- sýr Old Norse
- so Danish
- *svinьja Proto-Slavic
- sýr Icelandic
- sū Old High German
- súgv Faroese
- sū Middle High German
- Sau Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *sū gmw-pro
- Sou Alemannic German
- Suu Alemannic German
- Süüwfigler Alemannic German
- Sau Central Franconian
- zaoj Vilamovian