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DANISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

sy.

sew

2 characters1 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

verb/syː/[syːˀ]
  1. sew

  2. stitch

Where this word comes from

From Old Norse sýja, from Proto-Germanic *siwjaną, cognate with Swedish sy, English sew. The verb goes back to Proto-Indo-European *syewH- (“to sew”), which is also the source of Latin suō, Sanskrit सीव्यति (sī́vyati), Lithuanian siū́ti.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.