Proto-Indo-European

*seykʷ-

‘to filter’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *seykʷ-.

10 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *seykʷ-, most familiar first.

• sea ← see ← sǣ ← *saiwi ← *saiwiz
• soul ← soule ← sāwol ← *saiwalu ← *saiwalō
• sigh ← sighen ← sighte ← sīcan ← *sīkan
• sie ← sien ← sīgan ← *sīgan ← *sīganą
• sicker ← *sikeren ← sicerian ← *sikarōn ← *sikarōną
• sitch ← sich ← sīċ ← *sīk ← *sīką
• sike ← siken ← sīcan ← *sīkan
• seel ← *sīgan ← *sīganą
• sequanium ← Sequana
• sowl ← soule ← sāwol ← *saiwalu ← *saiwalō

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *seykʷ-