Etymology Explorer › Old English

Where does “sīwian” come from?

sīwian (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic siwjaną, from Proto-Indo-European sīw- — to sew.

Ancestry of “sīwian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsiwjanąto sew
2Proto-Indo-Europeansīw-to sew

Words derived from “sīwian”

  • sewing
  • sue
  • sew
  • suer
  • suability
  • oversew
  • countersue
  • sueth
  • seweth
  • resew
  • unsew
  • sewest
  • sewability
  • suest
  • resue
  • sueable
  • sewable
  • outsew
  • sewist
  • re-sew
  • presew
  • unsewable
  • sowen
  • seowen
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