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Where does “sife” come from?

sife (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic sibi, from Proto-Indo-European seyp- — to pour out, trickle, strain; to pour out, drip,...

sife (Old English): sieve

Definitions

  1. sieve

Ancestry of “sife”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicsibisieve
2Proto-Indo-Europeanseyp-to pour out, trickle, strain; to pour out, drip,...

Words derived from “sife”

  • sieve
  • sievelike
  • sieveful
  • siever
  • microsieve
  • sieving
  • sieveyer
  • nanosieve
  • sievable
  • syfe
  • sive
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