Germanic etymology : List with all references

Proto-Germanic: *sibí, *siftian- vb.

Meaning: sieve

IE etymology: IE etymology

Old English: sife, -es n. `sieve', siftan (-te) `to sift, pass through a sieve'

English: sieve, sift

East Frisian: WFris sou n., souwe f.

Middle Dutch: sēve m., n.?, f.

Dutch: zeef f.

Middle Low German: sēve n. `Sieb'; siften, sichten `sieben'

Old High German: sib n. (9.Jh.)

Middle High German: sip (-b-) st. n. 'sieb'

German: Sieb n.

Indo-European etymology :

Proto-IE: *s[e]ip-

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Meaning: to sift

Old Greek: trǘg-oi̯po-s m. `Mostsieb, Mostseihe'

Germanic: *sib-í- n., *sif-t-ia- vb.

Russ. meaning: просеивать

References: WP II 467 f

Pokorny's dictionary :

Number: 1665

Root: seip-, seib-

English meaning: to pour, rain, sift

German meaning: `ausgießen, seihen, rinnen, tröpfeln'

Material: Ahd. sib, ndl. zeef, mnd. seve n., ags. sife n. `Sieb', dazu ags. siftan, mnd. siften, sichten, nhd. (aus dem Nd.) sichten, und aisl. sef n. `juncus' (wegen des porösen Stengels); mnd. afries. sēver m. `Schleim, Geifer', ahd. seivar, mhd. seifer m. ds. (mhd. seifel m. `Speichel' vielleicht mit germ. p, s. u.); md. sīfe `sumpfige Bodenstelle'; serb. sípiti `rieseln, fein regnen';

im Germ. auch Formen mit germ. p (die den Schluß auf idg. b rechtfertigen): ags. sīpian, mnd. sīpen `tröpfeln', mhd. sīfen (st. V.) ds., schwed. dial. sipa `langsam fließen, sickern', mnd. sīp `Bächlein', hierher auch der germ. Name der Seife: germ. *saip(i̯)ō: finn. saip(p)io, ahd. sei(p)fa `Seife'; auch `Harz', mnd. sēpe `Seife', ags. sāpe f. (daraus nord. sāpa) `Seife', lat. sāpo (germ. Lw.); vielleicht neben germ. *saip(i̯)ōn- auch *sēpon- `Talg (auch zu Haarfärbemitteln verwendet)', das mit lat. sēbum `Talg' (wohl echt lat.) auf ein idg. *sē[i]bo- `tropfbares Fett' beziehbar wäre (das lat. b wäre dann Zeuge für eine Wurzelf. auf idg. b); toch. A sip-, sep- `salben', sepal `Salbe'.

References: WP. II 467 f., WH. II 478, 504;

See also: s. S. 889 unter sei-.

Pages: 894

PIE database: PIE database

Nostratic etymology :

Eurasiatic: *sipV ( ~ š-)

Meaning: sprinkle

Indo-European: *seip- (Pok. 894)

Altaic: *sĕpa ( ~ -o) (cf. also *săp`í 1921)

References: МССНЯ 349; ND 2099 *s̄ipV 'to pour, drizzle, filter' (IE + some Alt. + Sem., ?Eg.).

Altaic etymology :

Proto-Altaic: *sĕpo

Nostratic: Nostratic

Meaning: to throw, scatter

Russian meaning: бросать, разбрасывать

Turkic: *sabur-

Mongolian: *sib-

Tungus-Manchu: *sebu-

Korean: *supuk-

Comments: Cf. *săp`í, *sapV (with a possibility of partial mergers).

Turkic etymology :

Proto-Turkic: *sabur-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: to winnow, scatter

Russian meaning: веять, рассеивать, разбрасывать

Karakhanid: savur- (MK)

Turkish: savur-

Tatar: suwɨr-, sɨwɨr- (dial.)

Middle Turkic: savur- (Pav. C.)

Uzbek: sawur-

Uighur: sowu(r)-

Azerbaidzhan: sowur-

Turkmen: sowur-

Khakassian: sobɨr-

Shor: sabɨr-

Oyrat: sobɨr-

Halaj: savur-

Chuvash: sъʷvъʷr-

Tuva: sār-

Kazakh: suwɨr-

Noghai: suwɨr-

Balkar: suwur-

Karaim: savur-

Karakalpak: suwɨr-

Kumyk: suwur-

Comments: VEWT 391, EDT 791, ЭСТЯ 7.

Mongolian etymology :

Proto-Mongolian: *sib-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: 1 to hit, beat 2 to throw

Russian meaning: 1 бить 2 бросать

Written Mongolian: sibqa(či)- 1 (L 696), sib(e)- 2

Khalkha: šavxra- 1

Kalmuck: šiwǝ- 2

Comments: KW 362.

Tungus etymology :

Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *sebu-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: to scatter (e. g. hay for drying)

Russian meaning: разбрасывать (напр. сено для просушки)

Literary Manchu: so-, sō- 'to scatter, sprinkle'

Ulcha: seuseli-

Nanai: seuseli-

Comments: ТМС 2, 102, 147. With *-p- cf. also Orok sepitči- 'to spill', sepkedu- 'to scatter (of deer)' (ТМС 2, 144) - but cf. also *săp`í.