Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of fabric) in order to join them together. · To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through pieces of fabric in order to join them together. · Followed by into: to enclose by sewing.
From Middle English sewen, sowen, from Old English siwian, seowian, seowan (“to sew, mend, patch, knit together, link, unite”), from Proto-Germanic *siwjaną (“to sew”), from Proto-Indo-European *syewH- (“to sew”). Cognate with Scots sew, North Frisian saie, sei, Saterland Frisian säie, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish sy, and, more distantly, Polish szyć, Russian шить (šitʹ), Latin suō, Sanskrit सीव्यति (sī́vyati). Related to seam.
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- Root classification mention*syewH-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionsewenenm
- Inherited-form mentionsiwianang
- Inherited-form mention*siwjanągem-pro · to sew
- Derivation mention*syewH-ine-pro · to sew
- Cognate mentionsewsco
- Cognate mentionsaiefrr
- Cognate mentionsäiestq
- Cognate mentionszyćpl
- Cognate mentionшитьru
- Cognate mentionsuōla
- Cognate mentionसीव्यतिsa
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