Where does “sef” come from?

sef (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch sif, from Proto-West Germanic sibi, from Proto-Indo-European seyp- — to pour out, trickle, strain; to pour out, drip,...

Ancestry of “sef”, step by step

sef traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Dutch sif

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchsif—
2Proto-West Germanicsibisieve
3Proto-Indo-Europeanseyp-to pour out, trickle, strain; to pour out, drip,...

via Old Dutch sivi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchsivi—
2Proto-Germanicsibi—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European seyp- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic sibi →Every word from Old Dutch sif →