so-

This, that (nominative). For other cases see to-.

1. the¹, from Late Old English the, masculine demonstrative pronoun, replacing se (with th- from oblique forms; see to-).

2. hoi polloi, from Greek ho, the.

3. Feminine form *syā-. she, from Old English sēo, sīe, she, from Germanic *sjō.

4. Compound variant form *sei-ke (*-ke, “this” see ko-). sic¹, from Latin sīc, thus, so, in that manner.

 

[Pokorny so(s) 978.]

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