Where does “saey” come from?

saey (Middle Dutch) comes from Arabic شَيْء — thing; thing, object; thing, a thing, something.

Ancestry of “saey”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicشَيْءthing; thing, object; thing, a thing, something
Every word from Arabic شَيْء
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