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Where does “sangijan” come from?

sangijan (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European senk-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

sangijan (Proto-West Germanic): to burn, torch

Definitions

  1. to burn, torch

Ancestry of “sangijan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeansenk-to burn
2Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

Words derived from “sangijan”

  • singe
  • singeing
  • zeng
  • verzengen
  • zengen
  • sengeand
  • sengynge
  • sengen
  • sænċġan
  • senġende
  • senċġende
  • senġan
  • sænċġende
  • sengen
  • sengen
  • sangijandī
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