French word souhaiter comes from Proto-Germanic *haitaną ((passive) to be called. To address, to call. To name.)

Detailed word origin of souhaiter

Dictionary entry	Language	Definition
*haitaną	Proto-Germanic (gem-pro)	(passive) to be called. To address, to call. To name.
*haitan	Frankish (frk)
*haitāre	Vulgar Latin (la-vul)
*subhaitāre	Vulgar Latin (la-vul)
sohaidier	Old French (fro)	To wish.
souhaiter	French (fra)	To wish (for); to hope (for).

Words with the same origin as souhaiter