Where does “sīkdatne” come from?

sīkdatne (Latvian) comes from Latvian sīks, from Proto-Balto-Slavic sink-, from Proto-Indo-European senk-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

sīkdatne (Latvian): cookie, HTTP cookie packet of information sent by a server to a World Wide Web browser

Definitions

  1. cookie, HTTP cookie packet of information sent by a server to a World Wide Web browser

Ancestry of “sīkdatne”, step by step

sīkdatne traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latvian sīks

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latviansīkstiny, little, small; thin, delicate; of small...
2Proto-Balto-Slavicsink-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeansenk-to burn
4Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

via Southern Sami datne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Southern Samidatneyou
2Proto-Samictonëyou
3Proto-Uralictinäyou, thou
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European senk- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic sink- →