seien
Middle English
verb
Definitions
- To say, that is:
- (interjection) Say!
Etymology
Inherited from Old English seċġan (say, speak) inherited from *saggjan inherited from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną (say).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*sagjaną
Gloss
say
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
言
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- say English
- sayen English
- withsay English
- *sekʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *sokʷ-h₁-yé- Proto-Indo-European
- *sagjaną Proto-Germanic
- asecgan Old English
- besecgan Old English
- efensecgan Old English
- foresecgan Old English
- forsecgan Old English
- secgan Old English
- seċġan Old English
- wiþsecgan Old English
- wiþseċġan Old English
- seyen Middle English
- withseien Middle English
- segja Old Norse
- sagen Old High German
- sagēn Old High German
- *saggjan gmw-pro
- *seggen Old Dutch
- seggian Old Saxon
- sidza Old Frisian
- segi Jamtish