Where does “si si” come from?

si si (Limburgish) comes from Spanish sí, from Old Spanish sy, from Latin sīc, from Latin sice, from Latin sī, from Proto-Italic sei, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

si si (Limburgish): of course!

Definitions

  1. of course!

Ancestry of “si si”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishyes, affirmation. Commonly used to respond...
2Old Spanishsyyes in response to a question
3Latinsīcyes, indeed (If answering a question)
4Latinsice
5Latinif, supposing that
6Proto-Italicseiso, thus
7Proto-Indo-Europeanthis; that
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