soif

French

/swa/

noun

Definitions

thirst

Etymology

Inherited from Old French soif inherited from Latin sitis (thirst) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰítis (decrease, perishing, destruction).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*dʰgʷʰítis

Gloss

decrease, perishing, destruction

Concept

Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

sitis Latin
sitis, sitem Latin
sete Italian
sed Spanish, Castilian
*dʰgʷʰítis Proto-Indo-European
soif Old French
sede Old Portuguese
*gžʰítiš Proto-Indo-Iranian
set Occitan
said Romansh
seid Romansh
seit Romansh
sede Asturian
sêt Friulian
sait Dalmatian
*kʷʰtʰítis Proto-Hellenic