Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗adv
In truth; indeed.
adj
True. · Pleasing; delightful; sweet.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTruth. · Augury; prognostication. · Blandishment; cajolery. · Reality; fact.
From Middle English sooth, from Old English sōþ (“truth; true, actual, real”), from Proto-West Germanic *sanþ, from Proto-Germanic *sanþaz (“truth; true”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sónts, *h₁s-ont- (“being, existence, real, true”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be”). Akin to Old Saxon sōþ (“true”), Old High German sand (“true”), Old Norse sannr (“true”), Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰 (sunja, “truth”), Old English synn (“sin, guilt"; literally, "being the one guilty”). More at sin. See also soothe, derived from the same Old English word.
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- Root classification mention*h₁es-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionsoothenm
- Inherited-form mentionsōþang
- Inherited-form mention*sanþgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*sanþazgem-pro
- Inherited-form mention*h₁sóntsine-pro
- Derivation mention*h₁es-ine-pro · to be
- Cognate mentionsōþosx
- Cognate mentionsandgoh
- Cognate mentionsannrnon
- Cognate mention𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰got
- Cognate mentionsynnang
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