English
sich
Sich comes from Ukrainian Січ, from сікти ‘to chop’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sek- ‘to cut’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sek-‘to cut’reconstructed
- Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*sekteireconstructed
- Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*sěťi‘to cut, mow’reconstructed
- Old East Slavicmodernсѣчи
- Old Ruthenianmodernсѣчи́
- Ukrainianmodernсіктиsikty‘to chop’
- Ukrainian, derivedmodernСічSič
- Englishtodaysich
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sek-‘to cut’reconstructed
- Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*sekteireconstructed
- Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*sěťi‘to cut, mow’reconstructed
- Old East Slavicmodernсѣчи
- Old Ruthenianmodernсѣчи́
- Ukrainianmodernсіктиsikty‘to chop’
- Ukrainian, derivedmodernСічSič
- Englishtodaysich
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sek- ‘to cut’
saw, sex, risk, section, ship, design, sexual, sign, seal, segment, sack, insect, scarlet, sawyer, sax, het, shingle, dissect, scythe, sickle, seg, sedge, sain, sigil, desiccation, brassica, desiccant, 62 more
Today it means
noun An administrative and military centre for the Zaporozhian and Danube Cossacks.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sek- / sich