Where does “سيل” come from?

سيل (Arabic) comes from Arabic سَالَ, from Arabic ي, from Proto-Semitic ʿayn-, from Hebrew עַיִן — eye.

سيل (Arabic): verbal noun of سَالَ; flood, stream, torrent;...

Definitions

  1. verbal noun of سَالَ; flood, stream, torrent;...

Ancestry of “سيل”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicسَالَto flow, liquify
2Arabicيbound object pronoun: me, my; The nisba suffix,...
3Proto-Semiticʿayn-eye
4Hebrewעַיִןeye
Every word from Hebrew עַיִן →Every word from Proto-Semitic ʿayn- →Every word from Arabic ي →