Where does “sia” come from?

sia (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic *sehwā, from Proto-Germanic sehwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.

sia (Old Dutch): they

Definitions

  1. they

Ancestry of “sia”, step by step

sia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic *sehwā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*sehwāseeing, sight
2Proto-Germanicsehwǭseeing, sight; eyeball, pupil
3Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷ-to follow; to see; to say

via Proto-Germanic īz

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

Words derived from “sia”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sehwǭ →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sehwā →
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