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Where does “sehwan” come from?

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

sehwan (Proto-West Germanic): to see

Definitions

  1. to see

Ancestry of “sehwan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsehwanąto see
2Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷ-to follow; to see; to say

Words derived from “sehwan”

  • sight
  • oversight
  • hindsight
  • sighting
  • unsightly
  • sightseeing
  • sightless
  • sightly
  • televangelist
  • sightseer
  • foresighted
  • backsight
  • blindsight
  • sightlessly
  • farsight
  • unsightliness
  • bombsight
  • sightline
  • gunsight
  • boresight
  • sightlessness
  • foresightedness
  • sightliness
  • unsight
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