Where does “sífta” come from?

sífta (Pichinglis) comes from English sift, from Middle English syften, from Old English siftan, from Proto-West Germanic siftijan — to sift.

sífta (Pichinglis): sieve

Definitions

  1. sieve

Ancestry of “sífta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsiftTo sieve or strain; To separate or scatter as if...
2Middle EnglishsyftenTo sift, strain, or percolate; to pass through a...
3Old Englishsiftanto sift
4Proto-West Germanicsiftijanto sift
Every word from Proto-West Germanic siftijan →Every word from Old English siftan →Every word from Middle English syften →