Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAn administrative and military centre for the Zaporozhian and Danube Cossacks.
Borrowed from Ukrainian Січ (Sič), from Ukrainian сікти (sikty, “to chop”), alluding to the clearing of a forest for an encampment, or the building of a fort with trees that have been cut down.
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