Where does “sive” come from?

sive (Danish) comes from Swedish sipa, from Proto-Germanic sipōną, from Proto-Indo-European seyb- — to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...

sive (Danish): flow slowly or slowly leak

Definitions

  1. flow slowly or slowly leak

Ancestry of “sive”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsipa—
2Proto-Germanicsipōnąto drop, fall, drip, trickle
3Proto-Indo-Europeanseyb-to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European seyb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sipōną →Every word from Swedish sipa →