The story
- Old English · inherited fromsǣweġ“a seaway, a path through the sea”
- Middle English · inherited fromseewey
- English todayseaway
From Middle English seewey, from Old English sǣweġ (“a seaway, a path through the sea”), equivalent to sea + way. Compare Saterland Frisian Seegong (“seaway, swell”), German Seegang (“seaway, swell”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.