Where does “sien” come from?

sien (Réunion Creole French) comes from French chien, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ — dog.

sien (Réunion Creole French): dog

Definitions

  1. dog

Ancestry of “sien”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchchiendog; cock, hammer; greedy, stingy
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog
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