Where does “seit” come from?

seit (Middle Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch seggen, from Old Dutch seggen, from Proto-West Germanic saggjan, from Proto-Germanic sagjaną, from Proto-Indo-European sokʷ-h₁-yé-, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.

seit (Middle Dutch): third-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “seit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchseggento say; to tell, to make known; to tell, to...
2Old Dutchseggento say
3Proto-West Germanicsaggjanto say
4Proto-Germanicsagjanąto say
5Proto-Indo-Europeansokʷ-h₁-yé-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷ-to follow; to see; to say
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sokʷ-h₁-yé- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sagjaną →