Where does “Secht” come from?

Secht (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German sichte, from Middle Low German sicht, from Old Saxon sihti, from Proto-West Germanic sihti, from Proto-West Germanic sehwan, from Proto-Germanic sehwaną, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.

Secht (Plautdietsch): sight

Definitions

  1. sight

Ancestry of “Secht”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germansichteto sieve
2Middle Low Germansicht—
3Old Saxonsihti—
4Proto-West Germanicsihtiseeing, sight
5Proto-West Germanicsehwanto see
6Proto-Germanicsehwanąto see
7Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷ-to follow; to see; to say

Words derived from “Secht”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sehwaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic sehwan →