The story
- Proto-Germanic · derived from*sibjō
- English todaySif
From Old Norse, from sif (“kindred, kinswoman”), from Proto-Germanic *sibjō; see also Old English sibb (“kinship”) (whence Middle English sib (“having kinship; kinsmen”), whence English sib, sibling), German Sippe (“tribe”).
Words from the same roots
Proto-Germanic*sibjō all →
sib
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.