Where does “sikt” come from?

sikt (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from German Sicht, from Middle High German siht, from Old High German siht, from Proto-West Germanic sihti, from Proto-West Germanic sehwan, from Proto-Germanic sehwaną, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.

sikt (Norwegian Bokmål): visibility; a sieve; imperative of sikte

Definitions

  1. visibility; a sieve; imperative of sikte

Ancestry of “sikt”, step by step

sikt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Sicht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSichtview; sight; visibility
2Middle High Germansiht—
3Old High Germansiht—
4Proto-West Germanicsihtiseeing, sight
5Proto-West Germanicsehwanto see
6Proto-Germanicsehwanąto see
7Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷ-to follow; to see; to say

via Middle Low German sichte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germansichteto sieve
2Middle Low Germansicht—
3Old Saxonsihti—

Words derived from “sikt”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sehwaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic sehwan →