Cognate Set 5109 – Meaning: sweet

IE-CoR reference form:
*su̯eh₂d-
IE-CoR reference language:
Proto-Indo-European
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Justification:
Tocharian, Indic, and Germanic lexemes derived from PIE *su̯eh₂d- 'to make/become tasty' (NIL 670-675, cf. Adams 2013:795-796, EWAia II:788-789, Kroonen 2013:503, cf. LIV² 606-607).
Found in clades:
Germanic, Indic, Tocharian
Revised by:
Matthew Scarborough
Found in 3 clades by 26 lexemes.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
112   English sweet swiːt
21   Vedic: Early svādú- स्वादु- sʋaːˈdu- svaːdú-
108   Old Swedish söt søt søt
117   Flemish zoet
103   Icelandic sætur
104   Faroese søtur
105   Norwegian: Bokmål søt søːt søːt
110   Danish sød ˈsøðˀ
122   German süss süß ˈzyːs ˈzyːs
116   Dutch zoet
107   Elfdalian syöt
109   Swedish söt
121   Luxembourgish séiss zɜɪs zɜɪs
4   Tocharian B swāre ˈsware sware
3   Tocharian A swār swar swar
22   Pali sādu saːdʊ saːdu
114   Frisian swiet swi.ət
123   German: Bernese süess sʏəss sʏəss
119   Old High German suuozi ˈswyø̯s̻i ˈswuo̯s̻i
113   Old Frisian swēte ˈsweːte ˈsweːte
120   Middle High German süeze ˈsyə̯s̻ə ˈsyə̯s̻ə
111   Old English swēte ˈsweːte ˈsweːte
118   Old Saxon suuôti ˈswoːti ˈswoːti
115   Middle Dutch soete ˈsuə̯tə ˈsuə̯tə
102   Old Icelandic sœtr søːtr søːtr
106   Norwegian: Nynorsk søt søːt søːt
References
  • Adams, Douglas Q.: 795-796
    S.v. TochB swāre 'sweet', which with TochA swār reflects Proto-Tocharian *swāre from PIE *swehₐdro- with loss of -d- before a resonant and the suffix *-ro- rather than the more usual -u- found in other cognates (cf. Skt. svādú- 'sweet', Gk. ἡδύς 'id.', Lat. svāvis 'id.', etc.).
  • Beekes, Robert: 510
    S.v. ἡδύς 'sweet, tasteful, pleasant, pleasing' < PIE *su̯eh₂d-ú- 'sweet'.
  • Kroonen, Guus: 503
    S.v. Proto-Germanic *swōtu- 'sweet', from PIE *sueh₂d-u- (Skt. svādú- 'sweet, tasting good, pleasant', Gk. ἡδύς 'sweet, tasteful, pleasant, pleasing', Lat. svāvis 'sweet, pleasant', cf. also TochA swār, Toch B swāre 'sweet' < *suh₂d-ro-, OAv. hudəma- 'sweetness' < *suh₂d-mo-).
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred: II:788-789
    S.v. Ved. √svad- 'schmackhaft machen, (Med.) schmackhaft werden, schmecken', from which is derived the inherited word svādú-. From PIE *su̯ad- (~ TochA swār, B swāre 'süß' < *su̯ad-ro-).
  • Rix, Helmut: 606-607
    Cf. s.v. *su̯eh₂d- 'schmackhaft werden' (IEW 1039-40).
  • Wodtko, Dagmar S. and Irslinger, Britta and Schneider, Carolin: 670-675
    S.v. *su̯eh₂d- 'schmackhaft werden' (LIV 606f., IEW 1039f.).