Proto-Indo-European

*só

‘this’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *só.

16 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *só, most familiar first.

• then ← then(ne) ← þonne ← *þan ← *þan
• these ← þes ← þas ← *þes- ← *sa
• soon ← sone ← sōna ← *sān(ō) ← *sēna
• contamination ← contāminātiō ← contāminō ← *tāmen ← tam
• sic ← sīce ← sī ← *sei
• tandem ← tam ← *sei
• contaminate ← contaminaten ← contaminat ← contāminātus ← contāminō
• thereabouts ← there-aboutes ← þǣr ← *þār ← *þar
• contaminant ← contaminer ← contaminō ← *tāmen ← tam
• tanto ← tantus ← tam ← *sei
• tanda ← tandem ← tam ← *sei
• thereabout ← ther-aboute ← þǣrābūtan ← þǣr

More words from *só

• tattva
• doikeyt
• doikayt
• tamizdat

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *só