Where does “sieve” come from?
Sieve comes from Middle English sive, Old English sife, Proto-West Germanic sibi, and Proto-Indo-European seyp-, with the original meaning lost to time.
sieve (English): A device with a mesh bottom to separate, in a...
Definitions
- A device with a mesh bottom to separate, in a...
Ancestry of “sieve”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | sive | sieve, riddle, sile; The amount that fits in a... |
| 2 | Old English | sife | sieve |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | sibi | sieve |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | seyp- | to pour out, trickle, strain; to pour out, drip,... |
Words derived from “sieve”