scye

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*sek-“to cut”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*segô
3. Old Norse · derived fromsegi
4. Middle Scots · derived fromsay
5. Scots · borrowed fromsey“armhole, cut of beef”
6. English todayscye

Borrowed from Scots sey (“armhole, cut of beef”), from Middle Scots say, possibly from Old Norse segi, sigi (“chunk, bite”), from Proto-Germanic *segô, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).

Words from the same roots