Where does “seed” come from?

seed (North Frisian) comes from Old Frisian sēd, from Proto-West Germanic *sād, from Proto-Germanic sēdiz, from Proto-Indo-European seh₁- — to impress, insert; to sow, to plant; long,...

seed (North Frisian): seed

Definitions

  1. seed

Ancestry of “seed”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisiansēd—
2Proto-West Germanic*sād—
3Proto-Germanicsēdizseed
4Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₁-to impress, insert; to sow, to plant; long,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European seh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sēdiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sād →