syū-

Also sū-. To bind, sew. Contracted from *s(y)uə-.

I. Basic form *syū-. sew, from Old English seowian, siowan, to sew, from Germanic *siwjan.

II. Variant form *sū-.

1. seam, from Old English sēam, seam, from Germanic *saumaz.

2. suture; accouter, couture, from Latin suere (past participle sūtus), to sew.

3. Suffixed form *sū-dhlā-. subulate, from Latin sūbula, awl (< “sewing instrument”).

4. Suffixed form *sū-tro-. sutra; Kamasutra, from Sanskrit sūtram, thread, string.

III. Suffixed shortened form *syu-men-. hymen, from Greek humēn, thin skin, membrane.

 

[Pokorny si̯ū- 915.]

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