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Where does “siġði” come from?

siġði (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic segiþō-.

siġði (Old English): sickle

Definitions

  1. sickle

Ancestry of “siġði”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsegiþō-—

Words derived from “siġði”

  • scythe
  • scythelike
  • scytheman
  • scytheless
  • scyther
  • scythestone
  • sythe
  • sithe
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