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Where does “siever” come from?

siever (English) comes from English sieve, from Middle English sive, from Old English sife, from Proto-West Germanic sibi, from Proto-Indo-European seyp- — to pour out, trickle, strain; to pour out, drip,...

siever (English): One who sieves

Definitions

  1. One who sieves

Ancestry of “siever”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsieveA device with a mesh bottom to separate, in a...
2Middle Englishsivesieve, riddle, sile; The amount that fits in a...
3Old Englishsifesieve
4Proto-West Germanicsibisieve
5Proto-Indo-Europeanseyp-to pour out, trickle, strain; to pour out, drip,...
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