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Where does “sevi” come from?

sevi (Westrobothnian) comes from Icelandic sef, from Old Norse sef, from Proto-Germanic sipōną, from Proto-Indo-European seyb- — to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...

sevi (Westrobothnian): reed, rush

Definitions

  1. reed, rush

Ancestry of “sevi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicsefrush; first-person singular present indicative of...
2Old Norsesefsedge, rush
3Proto-Germanicsipōnąto drop, fall, drip, trickle
4Proto-Indo-Europeanseyb-to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...
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