sweet
Afrikaans
/svɪə̯t/
noun
Definitions
- sweat
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish zweet (sweat) inherited from Middle Dutch sweet inherited from Old Dutch *sweit inherited from Proto-Germanic *swait- inherited from Proto-Indo-European *sweyd- (sweat).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*sweyd-
Gloss
sweat
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
汗
Emoji
💦 💧 😅 😓 😰 🥵
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- sudor English
- sudo Latin
- sudorificus Latin
- sūdor Latin
- sūdāre Latin
- zweet Dutch, Flemish
- zweetklier Dutch, Flemish
- zweten Dutch, Flemish
- σίδηρος Ancient Greek
- ἰδίω Ancient Greek
- *sew- Proto-Indo-European
- *sweyd- Proto-Indo-European
- *swidrōs Proto-Indo-European
- *swidyé- Proto-Indo-European
- *swoyd- Proto-Indo-European
- *swéyd-e-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *swíd-ye-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *swait- Proto-Germanic
- *switjaną Proto-Germanic
- swat Old English
- swāt Old English
- प्रस्विद्यति Sanskrit
- प्रस्विन्न Sanskrit
- स्विद्यति Sanskrit
- sveiti Old Norse
- քրտինք Armenian
- خوی Persian
- sweet Middle Dutch
- sweiz Old High German
- sweizzen Old High German
- քիրտն Old Armenian
- Schweess Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *sweit Old Dutch
- *swēt Old Dutch
- *swissos Proto-Celtic
- *swáydas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *-fakos Proto-Italic
- swēt Old Frisian
- *widertjā Proto-Albanian
- śwaas Vilamovian