Where does “sich” come from?

Sich comes from Ukrainian Січ, derived from Ukrainian сікти, meaning to cut or chop.

sich (English): An administrative and military centre for the...

Definitions

  1. An administrative and military centre for the...

Ancestry of “sich”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1UkrainianСічa Ukrainian cossack autonomous territory or administration. Usually meaning the Zaporozhian Sich
2Ukrainianсіктиto chop
3Ukrainian-ач—
4Old East Slavic-ачь—
5Proto-Slavic-ačьDenominal, forming nouns denoting a carrier of a...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ačь →Every word from Ukrainian -ач →Every word from Ukrainian сікти →