Where does “sì” come from?

sì (Friulian) comes from Latin sīc, from Latin sice, from Latin sī, from Proto-Italic sei, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

sì (Friulian): yes

Definitions

  1. yes

Ancestry of “sì”, step by step

sì traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin sīc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsīcyes, indeed (If answering a question)
2Latinsice—
3Latinsīif, supposing that
4Proto-Italicseiso, thus
5Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

via Latin sē

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsēwithout
2Proto-Indo-Europeanswéself
Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Italic sei →Every word from Latin sī →