Etymology · Proto-West Germanic
*sīkan
2 English words descend from Proto-West Germanic *sīkan, most common first.
- sighTo inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it; to make a deep single audible respiration, especially as the result or involuntary expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration, or the like.
- sikeA gutter or ditch; a small stream that frequently dries up in the summer; the marshy ground or ditch through which such a stream flows.