Where does “Seite” come from?

Seite (German) comes from Finnish seita, from Latin secta, from Latin sequī, from Proto-Italic sekʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European sékʷetor, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.

Seite (German): side; face, side, surface of any...

Definitions

  1. side; face, side, surface of any...

Ancestry of “Seite”, step by step

Seite traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish seita

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishseitaA Sami sacred place
2Latinsectanominative feminine singular of sectus;...
3Latinsequī
4Proto-Italicsekʷōrfollow, come/go after
5Proto-Indo-Europeansékʷetorto be following
6Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷ-to follow; to see; to say

via Middle High German sita

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germansita

Words derived from “Seite

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ-