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Where does “sihþ” come from?

sihþ (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic *sihti.

sihþ (Old English): sight; something seen, a sight

Definitions

  1. sight; something seen, a sight

Ancestry of “sihþ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*sihti—

Words derived from “sihþ”

  • sight
  • oversight
  • hindsight
  • sighting
  • unsightly
  • sightseeing
  • sightless
  • sightly
  • sightseer
  • foresighted
  • backsight
  • blindsight
  • sightlessly
  • farsight
  • unsightliness
  • bombsight
  • sightline
  • gunsight
  • boresight
  • sightlessness
  • foresightedness
  • sightliness
  • unsight
  • outsight
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