Where does “seid” come from?

seid (Romansch) comes from Latin sitis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰgʷʰítis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰgʷʰey- — to decline; to perish.

seid (Romansch): thirst

Definitions

  1. thirst

Ancestry of “seid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsitisthirst; second-person plural present active...
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰgʷʰítisdecay; destruction; perishing, destruction,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰgʷʰey-to decline; to perish
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰgʷʰey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰgʷʰítis →Every word from Latin sitis →