sie
English
/saɪ/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To sink; fall; drop.
- (intransitive) To fall, as in a swoon; faint.
- (intransitive) To drop, as water; trickle.
- (transitive) To sift.
- (transitive) To strain, as milk; filter.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sien inherited from Old English sīgan (sink, descend) inherited from Proto-Germanic *sīganą (sink) derived from Proto-Indo-European *seyk- (reach, pour, grasp, wither, strain).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*seyk-
Gloss
reach, pour, grasp, wither, strain
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- dēsiccāre Latin
- dēsiccātus Latin
- exagium Latin
- siccus Latin
- siccāre Latin
- abseihen German
- seihen German
- neerzijgen Dutch, Flemish
- zijgen Dutch, Flemish
- ἰσχνός Ancient Greek
- ἵκω Ancient Greek
- *seyk- Proto-Indo-European
- *saihaz Proto-Germanic
- *sīganą Proto-Germanic
- sigan Old English
- sīgan Old English
- sien Middle English
- síga Old Norse
- síga Icelandic
- sigen Middle Dutch
- seigære Middle High German
- *sīgan Old Dutch
- sīgan Old Dutch
- sigan Old Saxon