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Where does “sef” come from?

sef (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic sipōną, from Proto-Indo-European seyb- — to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...

sef (Old Norse): sedge, rush

Definitions

  1. sedge, rush

Ancestry of “sef”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsipōnąto drop, fall, drip, trickle
2Proto-Indo-Europeanseyb-to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...

Words derived from “sef”

  • seave
  • seavy
  • siv
  • sef
  • sevi
Every word from Proto-Indo-European seyb- →