सु-
Sanskrit
prefix
Definitions
- good, well
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hsu- inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsu- (good) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₁su- (good).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₁su-
Gloss
good
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
良, 善
Emoji
🦸 🦸♀️ 🦸♂️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- eugenics English
- εὖ Ancient Greek
- ἐΰς Ancient Greek
- *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁su- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁wésus Proto-Indo-European
- *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- उक्त Sanskrit
- शील Sanskrit
- सुशील Sanskrit
- सूक्त Sanskrit
- स्वाहा Sanskrit
- so- Irish
- स्वाहा Hindi
- susila Indonesian
- so Old Irish
- သု Burmese
- *su- Proto-Celtic
- su Pali
- su- Pali
- sāvaka Pali
- *Hsu- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *Hsumánas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- सुरेख Marathi
- *Hsu- Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *Hsūktás Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *Hhu- Proto-Iranian
- ꦱꦸꦱꦶꦭ Javanese
- 𐬵𐬎 Avestan
- 𐬵𐬎𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬀𐬵 Avestan