Where does “gesihþ” come from?

gesihþ (Old English) comes from Old English ġē, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

gesihþ (Old English): sight; vision; sight of a person or object

Definitions

  1. sight; vision; sight of a person or object

Ancestry of “gesihþ”, step by step

gesihþ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English ġē

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġēye
2Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
3Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
4Proto-Germanic-hwe—
5Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Old English sihþ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsihþsight; something seen, a sight
2Proto-Germanic*sihti—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →