Where does “sike” come from?

sike (English) comes from English psych, from English psychology, from French psychologie, from Latin psychologia, from Latin -logia, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

sike (English): A gutter or ditch; a small stream that frequently...

Definitions

  1. A gutter or ditch; a small stream that frequently...

Ancestry of “sike”, step by step

sike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English psych

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpsychPsychology or psychiatry; A psychologist; a...
2EnglishpsychologyThe study of the human mind; The study of human...
3Frenchpsychologiepsychology
4Latinpsychologia
5Latin-logia-logy; the study of
6Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
7Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
8Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

via Middle English siken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishsiken
2Old Englishsīcanto sigh
3Proto-West Germanic*sīkanto sigh, take a deep breath
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-Every word from Ancient Greek -λογίαEvery word from Ancient Greek λέγω