Where does “sæweall” come from?

sæweall (Old English) comes from Old English sǣ, from Proto-West Germanic saiwi, from Proto-Germanic saiwiz, from Proto-Germanic sīhwaną, from Proto-Indo-European seykʷ-, from Proto-Indo-European sey- — to be wet; dribble; run; to stretch one's arm;...

sæweall (Old English): a cliff by the sea

Definitions

  1. a cliff by the sea

Ancestry of “sæweall”, step by step

sæweall traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English sǣ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsǣsea, lake
2Proto-West Germanicsaiwisea
3Proto-Germanicsaiwizsea, ocean
4Proto-Germanicsīhwanąto filter
5Proto-Indo-Europeanseykʷ-to moisten; to filter
6Proto-Indo-Europeansey-to be wet; dribble; run; to stretch one's arm;...

via Old English weall

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishweallwall; fervour; uproar; boiled or mulled wine
2Proto-Germanicwallazwell, spring; wall, rampart, entrenchment
3Latinvallumwall, rampart, entrenchment
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwēl-to see, perceive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European seykʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sīhwaną →
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