síga

Faroese

/ˈsʊiːja/

verb

Definitions

(intransitive) to sink, slowly descend
(intransitive) to descend by rope (e.g. when fetching eggs from bird cliffs)
(transitive) to lower (someone) by rope
(intransitive) to subside

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse síga derived from Proto-Germanic *sīganą (sink).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*sīganą

Gloss

sink

Concept

Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

exagium Latin
*seyk- Proto-Indo-European
*sīganą Proto-Germanic
siga Norwegian Nynorsk
sigan Old English
sīgan Old English
síga Old Norse
síga Icelandic
seigære Middle High German
*sīgan Old Dutch
sīgan Old Dutch
sigan Old Saxon
sigha Old Swedish
siig Westrobothnian