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Where does “سایہ” come from?

سایہ (Urdu) comes from Portuguese saia, from Old Portuguese saya, from Vulgar Latin sagia, from Latin sagum, from Ancient Greek σάγος, from Latin sagus, from Latin sāgiō, from Proto-Italic sāgiō — to seek out.

سایہ (Urdu): end; termination; evening

Definitions

  1. end; termination; evening

Ancestry of “سایہ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesesaiaa woman's skirt
2Old Portuguesesaya—
3Vulgar Latinsagiaskirt
4Latinsagumsagum, a military cloak; singular accusative of...
5Ancient Greekσάγοςcloak; coat, habit
6LatinsagusArchaic form of sagum; divining, prophetic
7Latinsāgiō—
8Proto-Italicsāgiō—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanséh₂gyetito give a sign
10Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₂g-to seek out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European seh₂g- →