Where does “seif” come from?

seif (Old French) comes from Latin sitis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰgʷʰítis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰgʷʰey- — to decline; to perish.

seif (Old French): thirst

Definitions

  1. thirst

Ancestry of “seif”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsitisthirst; second-person plural present active...
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰgʷʰítisdecay; destruction; perishing, destruction,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰgʷʰey-to decline; to perish

Words derived from “seif”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰgʷʰey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰgʷʰítis →Every word from Latin sitis →