Where does “sê” come from?

sê (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon sēo, from Proto-West Germanic saiwi, from Proto-Germanic saiwiz, from Proto-Germanic sīhwaną, from Proto-Indo-European seykʷ-, from Proto-Indo-European sey- — to be wet; dribble; run; to stretch one's arm;...

sê (Middle Low German): she

Definitions

  1. she

Ancestry of “sê”, step by step

sê traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Saxon sēo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonsēosea
2Proto-West Germanicsaiwisea
3Proto-Germanicsaiwizsea, ocean
4Proto-Germanicsīhwanąto filter
5Proto-Indo-Europeanseykʷ-to moisten; to filter
6Proto-Indo-Europeansey-to be wet; dribble; run; to stretch one's arm;...

via Old Saxon sia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonsiashe; they
2Proto-Germanicīzhe, she, it, they; 3rd person personal pronoun
3Proto-Indo-Europeanísthis, he (used as the 3rd person pronoun)

Words derived from “sê”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European seykʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sīhwaną →