Where does “sigan” come from?

sigan (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-Germanic sīganą, from Proto-Indo-European seykʷ-, from Proto-Indo-European sey- — to be wet; dribble; run; to stretch one's arm;...

sigan (Old Saxon): to sink, fall; to travel, go

Definitions

  1. to sink, fall; to travel, go

Ancestry of “sigan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsīganąto sink, to drop
2Proto-Indo-Europeanseykʷ-to moisten; to filter
3Proto-Indo-Europeansey-to be wet; dribble; run; to stretch one's arm;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European seykʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sīganą →