English
sie
Sie comes from Old English sīgan ‘to sink, descend’, from Proto-Germanic *sīganą ‘to strain, drop’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seykʷ-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*seykʷ-‘to pour, strain’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sīganą‘to strain, drop’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*sīganreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150sīgan‘to sink, descend’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500sien
- Englishtodaysie
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*seykʷ-‘to pour, strain’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sīganą‘to strain, drop’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*sīganreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150sīgan‘to sink, descend’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500sien
- Englishtodaysie
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *seykʷ- ‘to pour, strain’
sea, soul, sigh, sicker, sitch, sike, 2 more
through Proto-West Germanic *sīgan
Today it means
verb To sink; fall; drop.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.