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Where does “sie” come from?

Sie derives from Middle English sien, from Middle English seien, from Old English seċġan, tracing back through Proto-Indo-European seyk-, sey-, and sekʷ-.

sie (English): To sink; fall; drop; To fall, as in a swoon;...

Definitions

  1. To sink; fall; drop; To fall, as in a swoon;...

Ancestry of “sie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishsienAlternative form of seien
2Old Englishsīganto sink, fall, drop; to sink, descend
3Proto-West Germanicsīganto sink, to drop
4Proto-Germanicsīganąto sink, to drop
5Proto-Indo-Europeanseykʷ-to moisten; to filter
6Proto-Indo-Europeansey-to be wet; dribble; run; to stretch one's arm;...
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