The story
- Middle Low German · derived fromsissen“to hiss; buzz”
- Middle Dutch · derived fromsissen
- Middle English · inherited fromsissen
- English todaysiss
From Middle English sissen, perhaps from Middle Dutch sissen, cissen or Middle Low German sissen (“to hiss; buzz”), of imitative origin. Cognate with Dutch sissen, German Low German zissen, German zischen.
Words from the same roots
Middle Englishsissen all →
sizzle
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.