Where does “sīan” come from?

sīan (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic sīhwan, from Proto-Germanic sīhwaną, from Proto-Indo-European seykʷ-, from Proto-Indo-European sey- — to be wet; dribble; run; to stretch one's arm;...

Ancestry of “sīan”, step by step

sīan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic sīhwan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicsīhwanto filter
2Proto-Germanicsīhwanąto filter
3Proto-Indo-Europeanseykʷ-to moisten; to filter
4Proto-Indo-Europeansey-to be wet; dribble; run; to stretch one's arm;...

via Frankish *sehan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frankish*sehan—
2Proto-West Germanicsehwanto see
3Proto-Germanicsehwanąto see
4Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷ-to follow; to see; to say

Words derived from “sīan”

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