Where does “sima” come from?

sima (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic sīmô, from Proto-Indo-European seh₁i- — to tie, bind.

sima (Old English): cord, rope

Definitions

  1. cord, rope

Ancestry of “sima”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsīmôrope, cord, string
2Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₁i-to tie, bind
Every word from Proto-Indo-European seh₁i- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sīmô →