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English word so comes from Proto-Indo-European *swé (Self (reflexive pronoun).), Proto-Indo-European *swe, Proto-Indo-European *swō

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*swé (Proto-Indo-European)

Self (reflexive pronoun).

*swe (Proto-Indo-European)

*swō (Proto-Indo-European)

*swē (Proto-Germanic)

As if. Just like, in the same manner as. Like, similar to.

swā (Old English)

swa (Old English)

On condition that. So, with the result that That, of that Doubled as a comparative: as...as.... Doubled as a correlative: the...the.... So, thus. To the extent stated; to a great extent, so, very.

zuo (Middle English)

So.

so (English)

(archaic) Provided that; on condition that, as long as.. In order that.. With the result that; for that reason; therefore. (archaic) Be as you are; stand still; used especially to cows; also used by sailors.. Short for so what.. Used after a pause for thought to introduce a new topic, question or story.. Used to connect previous conversation or events to the following question. (dated, UK, [...]

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