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Where does “siv” come from?

siv (Danish) comes from Old Norse sef, from Proto-Germanic sipōną, from Proto-Indo-European seyb- — to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...

siv (Danish): rush, any plant of several species of the genus...

Definitions

  1. rush, any plant of several species of the genus...

Ancestry of “siv”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsesefsedge, rush
2Proto-Germanicsipōnąto drop, fall, drip, trickle
3Proto-Indo-Europeanseyb-to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...
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