Where does “sīa” come from?

sīa (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-West Germanic sehwan, from Proto-Germanic sehwaną, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.

sīa (Old Frisian): to seep, to ooze

Definitions

  1. to seep, to ooze

Ancestry of “sīa”, step by step

sīa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic sehwan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicsehwanto see
2Proto-Germanicsehwanąto see
3Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷ-to follow; to see; to say

via Proto-Germanic siwjaną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsiwjanąto sew
2Proto-Indo-Europeansīw-to sew

Words derived from “sīa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sehwaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic sehwan →