su-, sū-

    su-, sū-

    English meaning: well, good

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “probably, gut” as 1. composition part

    Material: O.Ind. su-, Av. hu-, O.Pers. u-, e.g. in O.Ind. su-drú- ‘strong wood”, su-bhága- “lucky, beglũckend”, Av. hu-baɣa- “good Eheglũck gewährend”; Gk. ὑγιής “fit, healthy” (*su-gʷii̯ ēs “wohllebend”); Gaul. su- (e.g. Su-carus =) Welsh hy-gar “liebenswũrdig”, Corn. hy-, Bret. he-, O.Ir. su-, so- (e.g. su-thain “ eternal “, so-scél(a)e “Evangelium”); Gmc. sū̆ - in Su-gambri VN, O.Ice. sū-svǫrt f. ‘schwarzamsel” (“die whole Schwarze”); Lith. sūdrus “horny, lustful, luscious”; O.C.S. sъdravъ “ὑγιής”, Cz. zdravū (compare above O.Ind. su-drú-) etc.; Slav. *sъbožьje, Cz. zboží “Besitztum” from *sъ-bogъ (= O.Ind. subhága-, above S. 107); su- is zero grade to *su̯e- (above S. 882 f.); compare O.Ind. sva- in sva-dhü = su-dhü ‘sũßer Trank” (above S. 241), svá-dhita- = sú-dhita- “tight, firm, fit, healthy”;

    References: WH. II 512, E. Fraenkel Mé l. Pedersen 443 ff., Vasmer 1, 450 f.