Where does “sýja” come from?

sýja (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic siwjaną, from Proto-Indo-European sīw- — to sew.

sýja (Old Norse): to sew

Definitions

  1. to sew

Ancestry of “sýja”, step by step

sýja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic siwjaną

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

via Proto-Indo-European *syewH-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European*syewH-to sew

Words derived from “sýja”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sīw- →Every word from Proto-Germanic siwjaną →
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