suttee
English
noun
Definitions
- (historical) The traditional custom of a Hindu woman giving herself up to be cremated on her husband’s funeral pyre as a sign of her devotion.
Etymology
Root from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (be, exist).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₁es-
Gloss
be, exist
Concept
Semantic Field
Miscellaneous function words
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- essive English
- sutteeism English
- absens Latin
- essentia Latin
- interesse Latin
- posse, possum Latin
- possibilis Latin
- possum Latin
- potens, potentis Latin
- potentia Latin
- potentialis Latin
- quinta essentia 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
- *beuną Proto-Germanic
- *izum, *wesaną, *izud Proto-Germanic
- *sanþaz Proto-Germanic
- *sanþōniz Proto-Germanic
- *sanþōną Proto-Germanic
- *sundijō Proto-Germanic
- *sundī Proto-Germanic
- *wesaną Proto-Germanic
- अस्ति Sanskrit
- अस्मिता Sanskrit
- er Old Norse
- hvars Old Norse
- sannleikr Old Norse
- wesen Middle Dutch
- sīn Old Dutch
- *esti Proto-Celtic
- wesen Middle Low German
- *Has- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- sīn Old Saxon
- *bū́ˀtei Proto-Balto-Slavic