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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *si̯ăbi
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: to sew, perforate, awl
Russian meaning: шить, протыкать, шило
Mongolian: *siböge
Tungus-Manchu: *sibi-
Korean: *hō-
Comments: The root is actively (esp. in Mongolian) contaminating with *sī́p`í 'pipe' (as something which may be poked, perforated).
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *siböge
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: awl
Russian meaning: шило
Written Mongolian: sibüge(n) (L 696)
Middle Mongolian: šibuge (SH), sebgä (IM), šibugä̆ 'awl', sibigä̆ 'sting' (MA)
Khalkha: šövög
Buriat: šübge
Kalmuck: šöwgǝ
Ordos: šöwögö
Dongxian: sumeGe, sumǝɣǝ
Baoan: sebgu (MGCD sǝbkǝ)
Dagur: šeugu (Тод. Даг. 183)
Shary-Yoghur: šǝwaɣe
Monguor: šubuge, šūge (SM 383, 384), (MGCD śūge)
Comments: KW 367, MGCD 723. Mong. > Man. sibke etc., see Poppe 1966, 198, Doerfer MT 132.
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *sibi-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: to thread
Russian meaning: нанизывать
Evenki: šiwikēme, šuwikēme 'вышитый бисером' (Sym.)
Negidal: sịwla-
Literary Manchu: sujfun 'awl' ( <*sibi-pun)
Ulcha: sī-
Orok: sīwi-
Nanai: sī-
Oroch: siwi-
Udighe: sūla 'stick for stringing fish (while drying)'
Comments: ТМС 2, 117, 121, 428.
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Korean etymology :

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Proto-Korean: *hō-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: to sew, broad-stitch
Russian meaning: шить (широкими стежками)
Modern Korean: hō-
Middle Korean: hō-
Comments: Nam 490, Liu 755, KED 1840.
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *[s]VjwV
Meaning: sew, pierce
Indo-European: *seiu̯-, *si̯ū-
Altaic: *si̯ăbi
Uralic: *sije (*süje)
Kartvelian: *sw-
Comments: Expected *ś in Kartv.
References: ND 2768 *ʒü.yV 'fibre' (IE, Ur + Kartv. *ʒ́ua 'horsetail hair'?)
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *sēiw-, *sjēw-
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: to sew
Hittite: suel-, suil- n. 'Faden'; su(m)manza(n)- c. 'Strick' (Friedrich 196, 197)
Old Indian: sī́vyati, ptc. syūtá- `to sew'; syū́man- n. `band, thong, bridle', sevana- n. `act of sewing, suture', sū́tra- n. `thread, yarn, string', sūci-, sūcī́ f. `needle'
Old Greek: kassǘō, att. kattǘō `flicken, schustern', kattǘs f. `Stück Leder'
Slavic: *šī́tī, *šьjǭ; *šьvъ; *šī́dlo
Baltic: *sǖ̂- (*süw-a-) vb. tr. (1), *sǖ̂-l-a- c., *sǖ̃-l-ā̂, -iā̃ f. (1), *sǖ-men-ā̂ f.
Germanic: *siw-ja- vb., *siu-d-á- m., *sau-m-a- m., *siw-il-ō f.
Latin: suō, -ere, suī, sūtum `nähen, zusammennähen', sūtor, -ōris m. `Schuster', sūbula f. `Pfrieme, Ahle'
Russ. meaning: шить
References: WP II 514 f
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Vasmer's dictionary :

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Word: шить,
Near etymology: шью, укр. ши́ти, ши́ю, блр. шыць, шы́ю, русск.-цслав., сербск.-цслав. шити, шиıѫ ῥάπτειν, прич. шьвенъ "шитый, сшитый", болг. ши́я "шью" (Младенов 693), сербохорв. ши̏ти, ши̏jе̑м, словен. šíti, šȋjem, чеш. šíti, šiji, слвц. šit᾽, польск. szyć, szyję, в.-луж. šić, н.-луж. šуś, полаб. sait.
Further etymology: Праслав. *šiti из *si̯ū- родственно лит. siū́ti, siuvù "шить", лтш. šũt, šuju, др.-прусск. schumeno "сапожная дратва", schutuan "нить", schuwikis "сапожник", др.-инд. sī́vyati "шьет", sуū́mаn "шов, завязка", осет. хujun "шить", греч. κασσύ̄ω "латаю, сапожничаю" (атт. καττ-), κάσσῡμα ср. р. "починка", лат. suō, -еrе, suī, sūtum "шить, сшивать", гот. siujan, д.-в.-н. siuwan "шить", хетт. šum(m)anza "веревка"; см. Траутман, ВSW 261; Арr. Sprd. 422; М.--Э. 4, 111; Вальде--Гофм. 2,631; Буазак 420; Торп 441. Ср. особенно слав. šitъ "шитый": лит. siū́tas, др.-инд. syūtás -- то же. См. также швец, ши́ло, шов.
Pages: 4,443-444
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Baltic etymology :

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Proto-Baltic: *sǖ̂- (*süw-a-) vb. tr. (1), *sǖ̂-l-a- c., *sǖ̃-l-ā̂, -iā̃ f. (1), *sǖ-men-ā̂ f.
Meaning: sew
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lithuanian: siū́ti (siùva, siùvō) `(be)nähen, (be)sticken, schneidern, (Schuhe) machen, anfertigen', caus. siū́dinti; siū́la-s, südžem. siúola-s `Garn, (Zwirn)faden'
Lettish: šũdinât 'nähen lassen, nähend anfertigen, šùdît2 (-u, -ĩju) 'nähen lassen, nähen, oberflächlich nähen'; šũt (šuvu/šuju/šūnu, prt. šuvu) 'nähen, (eine Wand) bekleiden'; šûla2, šūle 'Naht, Streifen beim Zeug, ein schmaler Wolkenstreifen'
Old Prussian: schumeno `drot (= Schusterdraht)' Voc. 507, schutuan Voc. 471 'Zwirn', schuwikis Voc. 471 'Schuhmacher'
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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *siwjan- vb., *siudá-z, *sauma-z, *siwilō
Meaning: sew, seam
IE etymology: IE etymology
Gothic: siujan wk. `sew on'
Old Norse: sǖja (sēδa; sēδr, sȫδr) wk. `nähen; planken eines Schiffes zusammenbinden', sjoδr m. `Beutel'; sūδ f. `Plankenverband des Schiffes', saum-r m. `Saum'
Norwegian: süa, sü vb.; sül `Ahl'; dial. sūd `Reeling'; saum
Old Swedish: siūɵer
Swedish: sü vb.; dial. sud `Reeling'; söm
Danish: sü vb.; söm
Old English: si(o)wan { sēowian, sēwan } `nähen'; sēod `Beutel', sēam `Saum, Naht'
English: sew, seam
Old Frisian: siā vb.; sām
Old Saxon: siuwian; sōm
Middle Dutch: soom m.
Dutch: zoom m.
Middle Low German: sūwen; sōm; sǖle, sūl
Old High German: siuwen (9.Jh.) {prt. siwita `nähen'}; { siut m. `Naht' }, siuwila (10.Jh.) { siula } `Ahle', soum (um 800) `Saum, genähter Rand eines Kleides'; { sūt m. `Naht' }
Middle High German: siuwen, sūwen, sūen sw. 'nähen'; soum st. m. 'saum, genähter rand eines gewandes; land, grenze überhaupt'; siut st. m. 'die naht'; { sūte f. `Naht' -- нет нигде! }; siuwele, siule wk. f. 'pfrieme'
German: Saum m., Säule f.
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 1710
Root: si̯ū-
English meaning: to sew
German meaning: `nähen'
Grammatical comments: (vor Kons. und im Präs. si̯ūu̯ō), sīu̯- (im Präs. sīu̯i̯ō)
General comments: daneben sū- (dissimiliert aus si̯ū-i̯ō); wohl zu sĕi-3, S. 891
Derivatives: si̯ū-to- `genäht', si̯ū-men- `Band', si̯ū-dhlā `Ahle'
Material: Ai. sī́vyati `näht' (= got. siujan), syūtá- `genäht' (= lit. siútas, russ. šityj ds., aisl. sjōðr), syūman- n. `Band, Riemen, Zügel, Naht' (vgl. apr. schumeno, und mit gr. ὑμήν), sīvana-m `das Nähen, die Naht', sūtra-m `Faden'; gr. ὑμήν m. `dünne Haut, Sehne'; lat. suō, -ere, suī, sūtum `nähen, zusammennähen', sūtor `Schuster', sūbula `Ahle' (*sū-dhlā); got. siujan, aisl. sȳja, ags. si(o)wian, seowian, ahd. siuwan (Prät. siwita) `nähen'; ahd. siut m. `Naht', aisl. sjōðr m., ags. seod `Beutel' (iu̯ aus idg. i̯ū); mhd. sūte `Naht', aisl. sūð f. `Plankenverband, Bord'; ahd. siula, nhd. Säule `Ahle' (*si̯ū-dhlā, vgl. aksl. silo und lat. subula); ahd. soum, ags. sēam, aisl. saumr m. `Saum, Naht' (vgl. ai. syūman-); lit. siuvù, siúti `nähen', lett. šuvu (šuju, šũnu), šut ds.; lit. siútas `genäht', lett. suts ds.; apr. schumeno `Schusterdraht' (: ai. syuman-); aksl. šijǫ (*si̯ūi̯ō), šiti (= lit. siúti) `nähen', russ. šityj `genäht', aksl. sьvěnъ `genäht' (*si̯uu̯eno-), silo = čech. sidlo n. `Ahle'; weiteres bei Trautmann 261 f.; hitt. šum(m)anza(n) `Faden', auch (?) šuel, šuil ds.
References: WP. II 515 f., WH. II 631 f., Carruthers Lg. 6, 161 f.
Pages: 915-916
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 910
Proto: *sije (*süje)
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: annual ring (on a tree); fibre
German meaning: Jahresring des Baumes; Faser, Fiber
Finnish: syy 'Faser, Fiber; Ursache, Schuld', (veralt.) syi, syve (gen. syveen) 'Fiber, Faden, Nerv', dial. syvi (gen. syvin, syven) 'Faser od. Jahresring des Baumes' ( > Saam. N siggjâ -j- 'Jahresring', sivvâ -v- 'ground, reason; fault', suggjâ -j- 'cause, reason, fault')
Estonian: süü 'Jahresring (in Bäumen), Ader (im Holze, von den Jahresringen)'
Mari (Cheremis): šǝ̑j, šǝ̑ja (KB), šija (U) 'Jahresring an Bäumen, Fleischschicht, Fleischfaser', ši (B) 'слой дерева; Jahresring'
Udmurt (Votyak): si (J) 'Jahresring an Bäumen', (URS) 'слой'
Komi (Zyrian): si (S P PO 'einzelnes weiches Haar, einzelne Fiber, Faden, Faser'
Nenets (Yurak): t́ī (OP), t́īʔ (Sjo.) 'Jahresring des Baumes'
Enets (Yen): t́î (Ch.) 'Jahresring, Holzader', t́i (B)
Nganasan (Tawgi): t́î
Selkup: ty (in comp.)
Janhunen's version: (93) *süxi
Sammalahti's version: *süxi
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Kartvelian etymology :

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Proto-Kartvelian: *sw-
Nostratic: Nostratic
Russian meaning: втыкать
English meaning: to insert
Georgian: sv-, s-; sv-am-, sm- 'to plant'
Megrel: sv-, s-
Svan: sw-; swen- 'to plant'
Notes and references: EWK 298-299. Ср. ПА *si̯abu.
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