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Where does “sehwaną” come from?

sehwaną (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.

sehwaną (Proto-Germanic): to see

Definitions

  1. to see

Ancestry of “sehwaną”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷ-to follow; to see; to say

Words derived from “sehwaną”

  • sight
  • seeing
  • oversight
  • hindsight
  • seer
  • sighting
  • unsightly
  • sightseeing
  • sightless
  • unseeing
  • sightly
  • farseeing
  • televangelist
  • unseeingly
  • sightseer
  • foresighted
  • backsight
  • blindsight
  • sightlessly
  • farsight
  • unsightliness
  • seeress
  • bombsight
  • sightline
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