Where does “Seiche” come from?

Seiche (German) comes from French seiche, from Latin sēpia, from Ancient Greek σηπία, from Ancient Greek σήπειν, from Ancient Greek σήψ — putrefying sore; a kind of lizard, also a kind of...

Seiche (German): urine, piss; bullshit, nonsense, twaddle

Definitions

  1. urine, piss; bullshit, nonsense, twaddle

Ancestry of “Seiche”, step by step

Seiche traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French seiche

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchseichecuttlefish; seiche
2Latinsēpiaa cuttlefish
3Ancient Greekσηπίαcuttlefish
4Ancient Greekσήπεινpresent active infinitive of σήπω; to make...
5Ancient Greekσήψputrefying sore; a kind of lizard, also a kind of...

via Middle High German seiche

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanseiche—
2Old High Germanseih—
Every word from Ancient Greek σήψ →Every word from Ancient Greek σήπειν →Every word from Ancient Greek σηπία →