सिव्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *syuh₁- (“to sew”). Cognate with Latin suō, Old English siwian (English sew).

Root

सिव् • (√siv)

  1. To sew, sew on, darn, stitch, stitch together
  2. (figuratively) To join, unite

Derived terms

  • सीव्यति (sīvyati, “to sew”)
  • सूत्र (sū́tra, “thread”)
  • सीवयति (sīvayati), सेवयति (sevayati, causative)
  • सिसेविषति (siseviṣati), सुस्यूषति (susyūṣati, desiderative)
  • सेषीव्यते (seṣīvyate, intensive)

References

  • Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 1218/1
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