Where does “sive” come from?

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

sive (Middle English): sieve, riddle, sile; The amount that fits in a...

Definitions

  1. sieve, riddle, sile; The amount that fits in a...

Ancestry of “sive”, step by step

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

Words derived from “sive”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European seyp- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic sibi →Every word from Old English sife →