Where does “сі” come from?

сі (Ukrainian) comes from Latin sī, from Proto-Italic sei, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

сі (Ukrainian): B, H, si

Definitions

  1. B, H, si

Ancestry of “сі”, step by step

сі traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin sī

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsīif, supposing that
2Proto-Italicseiso, thus
3Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

via Proto-Slavic *si

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*siIndicates that something is indefinite or uncertain
Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Italic sei →Every word from Latin sī →