Where does “šyja” come from?

šyja (Lower Sorbian) comes from Proto-Slavic šija, from Proto-Slavic šiti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic sjūtei, from Proto-Indo-European *syewH- — to sew.

šyja (Lower Sorbian): neck

Definitions

  1. neck

Ancestry of “šyja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicšijaneck
2Proto-Slavicšitito sew
3Proto-Balto-Slavicsjūtei—
4Proto-Indo-European*syewH-to sew
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *syewH- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic sjūtei →Every word from Proto-Slavic šiti →