Where does “syftynge” come from?

syftynge (Middle English) comes from Middle English syften, from Old English siftan, from Proto-West Germanic siftijan — to sift.

syftynge (Middle English): sifting

Definitions

  1. sifting

Ancestry of “syftynge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishsyftenTo sift, strain, or percolate; to pass through a...
2Old Englishsiftanto sift
3Proto-West Germanicsiftijanto sift

Words derived from “syftynge”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic siftijan →Every word from Old English siftan →Every word from Middle English syften →
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