Where does “sǣ” come from?

sǣ (Old English) comes 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;...

sǣ (Old English): sea, lake

Definitions

  1. sea, lake

Ancestry of “sǣ”, step by step

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

Words derived from “sǣ”

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