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sotthiṃ

sotthi

fem acc sg of sotthi (noun)

1. sotthi (fem): safety; well-being (for)
2. sotthiṃ (ind): safely; well; in peace

Built from

• su- — prefix · well, good
  From Indo-European *su-, the same root as Greek eu- (eulogy). Concrete sense of good or well-fashioned carries into abstract well-being.
• sth — root · stand, be
  √sthā 'to stand, remain'. Cognates: Sanskrit sthiti 'standing, enduring'; English stand; German stehen. Standing firm becomes stability and safety.
• -i — ending · feminine stem-forming
  Feminine noun-forming suffix that creates the abstract noun from the verbal root.

Etymology. From su- (well, good) + √sthā (to stand, be). Cognate with Sanskrit sthiti, English stand, German stehen. The root imagery of standing firm or standing well becomes abstract well-being and safety.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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