Where does “siu” come from?

siu (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic sī, from Proto-Germanic sī, from Proto-Indo-European sih₂, from Proto-Indo-European -ih₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Ancestry of “siu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicsīshe, it
2Proto-Germanicsī—
3Proto-Indo-Europeansih₂she
4Proto-Indo-European-ih₂Feminizes athematic nominal stems
5Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “siu”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ih₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sih₂ →