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Where does “séiss” come from?

séiss (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German suozī, from Old High German -ī, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

séiss (Luxembourgish): sweet; inflection of séissen: ## second-person...

Definitions

  1. sweet; inflection of séissen: ## second-person...

Ancestry of “séiss”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germansuozī—
2Old High German-ī-ness
3Proto-West Germanic-ī-ness, -th
4Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
5Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
6Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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