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Where does “sihti” come from?

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

sihti (Proto-West Germanic): seeing, sight

Definitions

  1. seeing, sight

Ancestry of “sihti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicsehwanto see
2Proto-Germanicsehwanąto see
3Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷ-to follow; to see; to say

Words derived from “sihti”

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