suta in Sanskrit means child or offspring.
In Jyotiṣa, the 5th House of children, mantras etc is also generally called suta-bhāva.
The etymology of the word suta is quite interesting. It comes from the root "su", which is described in Dhātupāṭha as "su abhiṣave". Abhiṣave means to press out juice. So "su" indicates the pressing out of the juice, specifically soma rasa. It gives the meaning of something that has been brought out, brought forth or extracted. So suta indicates offspring in the sense of something that has brought forth out of you. Hence it is expression of your creative powers.
The general verb related to "su" dhātu is "sunute" or "sunuti". Note that this dhātu is ubhayapadi, hence it can be used in parasmaipada as well as atmanepada forms. It belongs to the svādi, the 5th gana, where the conjugation for making the stem or aṇga i.e. vikaraṇa pratyaya is "nu"- hence su-nu-ti for e.g.
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