sie
Meanings
Verb
- To sink; fall; drop.
- To fall, as in a swoon; faint.
- To drop, as water; trickle.
- To sift.
- To strain, as milk; filter.
Noun
- A drop.
Related
Similar words
- see Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns
Origin
- From Middle English sien, from Old English sīgan ("to sink, descend"), from Proto-Germanic *sīganą, *sīhwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *seyk- ("to pour, strain"). Cognate with Dutch zijgen ("to filter"), German seihen ("to strain, sieve"), Icelandic síga ("to lower").
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