Where does “sihp” come from?

sihp (Pohnpeian) comes from English sieve, from Middle English sive, from Old English sife, from Proto-West Germanic sibi, from Proto-Indo-European seyp- — to pour out, trickle, strain; to pour out, drip,...

sihp (Pohnpeian): To shave

Definitions

  1. To shave

Ancestry of “sihp”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsieveA device with a mesh bottom to separate, in a...
2Middle Englishsivesieve, riddle, sile; The amount that fits in a...
3Old Englishsifesieve
4Proto-West Germanicsibisieve
5Proto-Indo-Europeanseyp-to pour out, trickle, strain; to pour out, drip,...
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