Where does “सीव” come from?
सीव (Old Marathi) comes from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀫, from Sanskrit अस्मि, from Proto-Indo-Aryan Hásmi, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hásmi, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésmi, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ēs-.
Ancestry of “सीव”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sauraseni Prakrit | 𑀲𑀫 | — |
| 2 | Sanskrit | अस्मि | present active first-person singular of अस्ति |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | Hásmi | first-person singular present indicative of *Has- |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hásmi | first-person singular present indicative of *Has- |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ésmi | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ēs- | — |