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Where does “sipian” come from?

sipian (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic sipōną, from Proto-Indo-European seyb- — to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...

sipian (Old English): to seep

Definitions

  1. to seep

Ancestry of “sipian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsipōnąto drop, fall, drip, trickle
2Proto-Indo-Europeanseyb-to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...

Words derived from “sipian”

  • seep
  • seepage
  • sipe
  • seepy
  • microseepage
  • antiseepage
  • seepweed
  • seepeth
  • sipen
Every word from Proto-Indo-European seyb- →