Words that come from Proto-West Germanic sehwan

231 words across 20 languages descend from Proto-West Germanic sehwan — including sight, oversight, hindsight, sighting, unsightly, sightseeing, sightless, sightly.

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German (78)

English (51)

Dutch (32)

Norwegian Bokmål (10)

Norwegian Nynorsk (10)

Luxembourgish (6)

Middle Dutch (5)

Danish (5)

Old Dutch (4)

Old High German (4)

Middle Low German (4)

Middle English (4)

Middle High German (4)

Old English (3)

Old Saxon (3)

Afrikaans (2)

Yiddish (2)

Proto-West Germanic (2)

Low German (1)

Central Franconian (1)