sooth
English
/suːθ/
noun
Definitions
- (archaic) Truth.
- (obsolete) Augury; prognostication.
- (obsolete) Blandishment; cajolery.
- (obsolete) Reality; fact.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sooth inherited from Old English sōþ (true, truth, actual, real) inherited from Proto-Germanic *sanþaz (true, truth) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sónts (being, hes-, ine-pro, existing), *h₁es- (be, exist), *h₁es- (be, exist).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₁es-
Gloss
be, exist
Concept
Semantic Field
Miscellaneous function words
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- essive English
- in English
- insooth English
- onto- English
- saw English
- say English
- sayer English
- saying English
- soothen English
- soother English
- soothest English
- soothfast English
- soothfastly English
- soothfastness English
- soothful English
- soothly English
- soothness English
- soothsaw English
- soothsay English
- soothsayer English
- soothsaying English
- suttee English
- absens Latin
- essentia Latin
- interesse Latin
- ontologia Latin
- posse, possum Latin
- possibilis Latin
- possum Latin
- potens, potentis Latin
- potentia Latin
- potentialis Latin
- quinta essentia Latin
- sons Latin
- esserino Italian
- riessere Italian
- Εὐνίκη Ancient Greek
- Εὔβοια Ancient Greek
- εὐ- Ancient Greek
- εὐαγγέλιον Ancient Greek
- εὐαγγελίζω Ancient Greek
- εὐδαιμονία Ancient Greek
- εὐδοκέω Ancient Greek
- εὐλογέω Ancient Greek
- εὐσεβής Ancient Greek
- εὐτυχία Ancient Greek
- εὐτύχημα Ancient Greek
- εὐώδης Ancient Greek
- εὔσκιος Ancient Greek
- εὔφρων Ancient Greek
- εὔψυχος Ancient Greek
- οὐσία Ancient Greek
- πάρειμι Ancient Greek
- ἐσθλός Ancient Greek
- ὤν Ancient Greek
- *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰúHt Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁esk(ʷ)e(h₁) Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁s-n̥t-yós Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁s-ónt-ih₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁sn̥t-yó-s Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁su- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁sónts Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁sónts, *h₁s-ónt-s Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁wésus Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁ésmi Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁ésti Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂wes- Proto-Indo-European
- *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- ontologi Norwegian Bokmål
- sann Norwegian Bokmål
- *beuną Proto-Germanic
- *izum, *wesaną, *izud Proto-Germanic
- *sanþaz Proto-Germanic
- *sanþōniz Proto-Germanic
- *sanþōną Proto-Germanic
- *sundijō Proto-Germanic
- *sundī Proto-Germanic
- *sunjō Proto-Germanic
- *wesaną Proto-Germanic
- ontologi Norwegian Nynorsk
- sann Norwegian Nynorsk
- firensynn Old English
- soþes Old English
- soþgiedd Old English
- soþian Old English
- soþlic Old English
- soþlice Old English
- soþtacen Old English
- synbot Old English
- synful Old English
- synleas Old English
- synn Old English
- synnig Old English
- sōþ Old English
- unsoþ Old English
- अस्ति Sanskrit
- अस्मिता Sanskrit
- sinne Middle English
- sooth Middle English
- sothesawe Middle English
- sothfast Middle English
- sothly Middle English
- sothsaier Middle English
- er Old Norse
- hvars Old Norse
- sannleikr Old Norse
- sannr Old Norse
- saðr Old Norse
- sand Danish
- sannur Icelandic
- wesen Middle Dutch
- sannur Faroese
- 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰 Gothic
- 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌸𐌰𐍃 Gothic
- 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 Gothic
- *sanþ gmw-pro
- sīn Old Dutch
- *esti Proto-Celtic
- wesen Middle Low German
- *Has- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *Hsánt Proto-Indo-Iranian
- sīn Old Saxon
- sander Old Swedish
- *sonts Proto-Italic
- *sana Proto-Albanian
- *bū́ˀtei Proto-Balto-Slavic
- sanddrug Old Danish
- *ehonts Proto-Hellenic
- *ʔsṓnts Proto-Anatolian