Indo-European etymology : Query result

Proto-IE: *sēy-

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Meaning: to sift

Old Greek: ēthéō, aor. ptc. (Hp. ap. Gal.) ē̂sas `(durch)seihen, (durch)sieben', ēthmó-s (Inschr. hethmos) `Durchschlag, Sieb'; hi-maliá = tò epímetron tō̂n aleúrōn Hsch.

Slavic: *sī́to; *sḗjāti/*sḗti, *sējǭ; *sī́to

Baltic: *seî-t-a- c. (2), *sij-ā̂- vb.

Germanic: *sē-dl-a- n.

Celtic: *sītlo- > MIr sithlad `das Sieben'; Cymr hidl

Albanian: šoš `siebe'

Russ. meaning: просеивать

References: WP II 459 f

Comments: This root differs in Balto-Slavic accentologically from *sē- 'to sow'.