Where does “si” come from?

si (Guinea-Bissau Creole) comes from Portuguese sé, from Old Portuguese se, from Latin sī, from Proto-Italic sei, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

si (Guinea-Bissau Creole): if

Definitions

  1. if

Ancestry of “si”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesesee
2Old Portugueseseif
3Latinif, supposing that
4Proto-Italicseiso, thus
5Proto-Indo-Europeanthis; that
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Every word from Proto-Italic seiEvery word from Latin