Where does “سيم” come from?
سيم (Omani Arabic) comes from Persian سیم, from Persian سی, from English cee, from Middle English cee, from Old French sei, from Latin sēdēs, from Latin sedeō, from Proto-Italic sedēō.
سيم (Omani Arabic): telegram
Ancestry of “سيم”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Persian | سیم | wire; silver; thirtieth |
| 2 | Persian | سی | thirty; for; in order to |
| 3 | English | cee | The name of the Latin-script letter C; Something... |
| 4 | Middle English | cee | Alternative form of see |
| 5 | Old French | sei | — |
| 6 | Latin | sēdēs | — |
| 7 | Latin | sedeō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | sedēō | sit, be sitting, be seated |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sḗd- | — |