søt
Norwegian
adjective
Definitions
- sweet (having a pleasant taste)
- cute (to look cute or adorable)
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse sœtr derived from Proto-Germanic *swōtuz (sweet) derived from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂dus.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*sweh₂dus
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *sweh₂dus Proto-Indo-European
- *swéh₂dus Proto-Indo-European
- stoff Norwegian Bokmål
- sukker Norwegian Bokmål
- sukkersøt Norwegian Bokmål
- søthet Norwegian Bokmål
- søtstoff Norwegian Bokmål
- *swōtuz Proto-Germanic
- sött Swedish
- søt Norwegian Nynorsk
- sœtleikr Old Norse
- sœtr Old Norse
- sød Danish
- sætur Icelandic
- suozi Old High German
- swuozi Old High German
- søtur Faroese
- *swōtī gmw-pro
- *suoti Old Dutch
- *swādus, *swādos Proto-Celtic
- swoti Old Saxon
- söter Old Swedish
- søt Westrobothnian