Etymology Explorer › Middle High German

Where does “sip” come from?

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

Ancestry of “sip”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germansibsieve
2Proto-Germanicsibi—

Words derived from “sip”

  • Teesieb
  • Sieb
  • Drahtsieb
  • Molekularsieb
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