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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *s[e]ip-
Meaning: to sift
Old Greek: trǘg-oi̯po-s m. `Mostsieb, Mostseihe'
Russ. meaning: просеивать
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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *sibí, *siftian- vb.
Meaning: sieve
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.
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Pokorny's dictionary :
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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
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Nostratic etymology :
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Eurasiatic: *sipV ( ~ š-)
Meaning: sprinkle
References: МССНЯ 349; ND 2099 *s̄ipV 'to pour, drizzle, filter' (IE + some Alt. + Sem., ?Eg.). nostret-meaning,nostret-ier,nostret-alt,nostret-reference,
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Altaic etymology :
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Proto-Altaic: *sĕpo
Meaning: to throw, scatter
Russian meaning: бросать, разбрасывать
Comments: Cf. *săp`í, *sapV (with a possibility of partial mergers). altet-prnum,altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-turc,altet-mong,altet-tung,altet-kor,altet-reference,
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Turkic etymology :
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Proto-Turkic: *sabur-
Meaning: to winnow, scatter
Russian meaning: веять, рассеивать, разбрасывать
Turkish: savur-
Tatar: suwɨr-, sɨwɨr- (dial.)
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-
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Mongolian etymology :
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Proto-Mongolian: *sib-
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
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Tungus etymology :
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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *sebu-
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. tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-man,tunget-ulc,tunget-nan,tunget-reference,
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Korean etymology :
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Proto-Korean: *supuk-
Meaning: to heap up, heaping up
Russian meaning: нагромождать, накладывать с верхом
Modern Korean: subuk-ha-, sobok-ha-
Middle Korean: supuk-
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