Where does “sif” come from?

sif (Middle High German) comes from Old High German ()sif, from Old High German sib, from Proto-Germanic sibi.

Ancestry of “sif”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High German()sif—
2Old High Germansibsieve
3Proto-Germanicsibi—

Words derived from “sif”

Every word from Proto-Germanic sibi →Every word from Old High German sib →Every word from Old High German ()sif →