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Where does “sef” come from?

sef (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse sef, from Proto-Germanic sipōną, from Proto-Indo-European seyb- — to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...

sef (Icelandic): rush; first-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. rush; first-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “sef”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsesefsedge, rush
2Proto-Germanicsipōnąto drop, fall, drip, trickle
3Proto-Indo-Europeanseyb-to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...

Words derived from “sef”

  • sevi
Every word from Proto-Indo-European seyb- →