Where does “سیم” come from?
سیم (Persian) comes from Persian سی, from English cee, from Middle English cee, from Old French sei, from Latin sēdēs, from Latin sedeō, from Proto-Italic sedēō, from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- — to sit.
سیم (Persian): wire; silver; thirtieth
Definitions
- wire; silver; thirtieth
Ancestry of “سیم”, step by step
سیم traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Persian سی
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | سی | thirty; for; in order to |
| 2 | English | cee | The name of the Latin-script letter C; Something... |
| 3 | Middle English | cee | Alternative form of see |
| 4 | Old French | sei | — |
| 5 | Latin | sēdēs | seat, chair |
| 6 | Latin | sedeō | to sit, to be seated |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | sedēō | sit, be sitting, be seated |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sḗd- | to sit |
via Old Persian 𐎿𐎡𐎹𐎶𐎶
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Persian | 𐎿𐎡𐎹𐎶𐎶 | silver |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἄσημον | plate, silver |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἄσημος | uncoined, without marks; pure, unmarked |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |