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Where does “sīcan” come from?

sīcan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *sīkan.

sīcan (Old English): to sigh

Definitions

  1. to sigh

Ancestry of “sīcan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*sīkan—

Words derived from “sīcan”

  • sigh
  • sithe
  • sigheth
  • sighest
  • sigher
  • sighful
  • sighless
  • sighlike
  • sitheman
  • sihen
  • siken
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