Where does “sieb” come from?

sieb (German) comes from Middle High German sip, from Old High German sib, from Proto-Germanic sibi.

sieb (German): sieve; sifter; strainer; colander; riddle any device with holes used to separate solids from liquids or fine matter from coarse matter

Definitions

  1. sieve; sifter; strainer; colander; riddle any device with holes used to separate solids from liquids or fine matter from coarse matter

Ancestry of “sieb”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germansip—
2Old High Germansibsieve
3Proto-Germanicsibi—

Words derived from “sieb”

Every word from Proto-Germanic sibi →Every word from Old High German sib →Every word from Middle High German sip →