so-
Irish (Donegal)
prefix
Definitions
- very (positive or neutral)
- X-able, easy to X
Etymology
Inherited from Old Irish so inherited from Proto-Celtic *su- 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
- eu- English
- euthymia English
- eucalyptus Latin
- eustatische German
- eucalyptus French
- Εὐμένης Ancient Greek
- Εὔβουλος Ancient Greek
- Εὔμολπος Ancient Greek
- Εὔφημος Ancient Greek
- εὐοῖ Ancient Greek
- εὐφορία Ancient Greek
- εὔελπις Ancient Greek
- εὔξεινος Ancient Greek
- εὔτηκτος Ancient Greek
- εὔχαρις Ancient Greek
- εὖ Ancient Greek
- ἐΰς Ancient Greek
- *dʰewh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁su- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁wésus Proto-Indo-European
- *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- सु- Sanskrit
- सूक्त Sanskrit
- eo- Irish
- seo Irish
- ευ Greek (modern)
- susila Indonesian
- hu- Welsh
- hy- Welsh
- inso Old Irish
- so Old Irish
- seo Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- so- Manx
- *so Proto-Celtic
- *su- Proto-Celtic
- su Pali
- su- Pali
- *Hsu- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *Hsumánas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- सुरेख Marathi
- *Hsu- Proto-Indo-Aryan
- ꦱꦸꦱꦶꦭ Javanese