Soothe me, I'm seething :D

Dear Native English Speakers,

You are hereby served a formal notice regarding your continued neglect and severe misallocation of linguistic equity concerning the terms "sooth" and "to soothe".

"Sooth" comes from the most primary Proto-Indo-European root possible, the copula itself, *h₁es\- 'to be'. It started its life as *h₁sonts, a participle meaning 'being, existent, real' and thus 'being, existence, reality'. It travelled a lot, yes, through the lands of Proto-Germanic speakers, who called it *sanþ 'true, truth'. It swam to the British Isles, where it made its introductions as soth, and later sooth 'truth, true, reality'. It's not being held in high regard today, but it's a very old acquaintance of yours who, I believe, deserves more respect.

In summary, by disregarding "sooth", you, the modern English speakers, have managed to abandon the literal linguistic root of reality. Please update your active registers immediately and restore these terms in your everyday conversations.

Regards,

The Bureau of Abandoned Etymologies

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