σῴζωsōzō
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Root
dumbu
belly, stomach, the swollen or full belly, pregnancy
σῴζω descends from *tewh₂-, carried in Shona dumbu, the swollen belly
- Confidence
- 36/100
- Root language
- Shona
- Descent begins
- σῴζω (sṓizō)Ancient Greek
The consensus position
σῴζω is built on the Greek adjective σῶς / σάος, safe, which is usually derived from PIE *tewh₂- to swell, be strong, cognate with Sanskrit tavás strong; Beekes regards the etymology of σάος as not secure.
The working behind this.
The full descent — 8 links from the attested form down to the root — the segment-by-segment correspondences, the phonological breakdown and the case for the derivation are behind an account.
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Elsewhere in the corpus
- Pelagiaparato spread out, to lay out flat, to clear a surface level
- Kérberoskerekato be smeared, streaked, marked with dirt; causative kerekedza, to streak or daub
- ἀποκτείνω-tekanato be cut off, be broken off, be severed, to snap
- μάχαιραmhakamatter, case, dispute, cause of quarrel; fault, blame, the grounds on which one is answerable
- βλασφημία-bvato come out, to issue forth; in the derived bvuma, to give voice, to assent
- Theosmutsakindness, favour, mercy