Where does “siess” come from?

siess (Pennsylvania German) comes from Middle High German süeze, from Old High German suozī, from Old High German -ī, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

siess (Pennsylvania German): sweet

Definitions

  1. sweet

Ancestry of “siess”, step by step

siess traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German süeze

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germansüeze—
2Old High Germansuozīsweet
3Old High German-ī-ness
4Proto-West Germanic-ī-ness, -th
5Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
6Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
7Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via Hungarian siet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariansietto hurry; to be fast
2Proto-Finno-Ugricčijɜ-to run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Old High German -ī →Every word from Proto-Germanic -į̄ →