Where does “sâyen” come from?

sâyen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch sāien, from Proto-West Germanic sāan, from Proto-Germanic sēaną, from Proto-Indo-European seh₁- — to impress, insert; to sow, to plant; long,...

sâyen (Middle Dutch): to sow

Definitions

  1. to sow

Ancestry of “sâyen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchsāiento sow
2Proto-West Germanicsāanto sow
3Proto-Germanicsēanąto sow, to disperse
4Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₁-to impress, insert; to sow, to plant; long,...

Words derived from “sâyen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European seh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sēaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic sāan →