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The story

1. Proto-Indo-European*seykʷ-
2. Proto-Germanic*sīhwaną
3. Proto-Germanic*sīganą
4. Proto-West Germanic*sīgan
5. Old Englishsīgan
6. Middle Englishsien
7. English todaysie

From Middle English sien, from Old English sīgan (“to sink, descend”), from Proto-Germanic *sīganą, *sīhwaną (“to strain, drop”), from Proto-Indo-European *seykʷ- (“to pour, strain”). Cognate with Dutch zijgen (“to filter”), German seihen (“to strain, sieve”), Icelandic síga (“to lower”).

Words from the same roots