Where does “sie” come from?

sie (Kven) comes from Finnish sinä, from Proto-Finnic cinä, from Proto-Uralic tinä — you, thou.

sie (Kven): thou, you (singular)

Definitions

  1. thou, you (singular)

Ancestry of “sie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsinäyou second-person singular personal pronoun, used in familiar or neutral contexts, thou
2Proto-Finniccinäyou
3Proto-Uralictinäyou, thou
Every word from Proto-Uralic tinä →Every word from Proto-Finnic cinä →Every word from Finnish sinä →