Re: [tied] English "sea"

There is also Gothic <saiws> 'lake, marsh, sea' and <mari-saiws> 'sea'. The Proto-Germanic reconstruction is *saiwaz, which could be the same word as <saevus> (*saiwos), though lakes (at least in Europe) are not particularly raging or fierce. A further connection with *saiwalo: 'soul' has also been proposed, though again the formal agreement (*-al-o: is a plausible derivation) fares better than the semantics. Another speculative link is with the Greek word <haima> 'blood' (if < *sai-mn), but it's not the kind of stuff that could be called a solid etymology.

Piotr

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Subject: [tied] English "sea"

Hi all: Kind of off topic at the moment, but I'm trying to find a decent etymology for the English word "sea" for an assignment in an English lang. history class I'm taking. So far, all I've got is Mid.Eng. "see" coming from OldEng. "sæ:", and a list of Germanic cognates. Anyone know of the original OG form, or an IE cognate? I saw Latin "saevus" listed as a possibility, but it was from an old, fairly unreliable source. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Chris Straughn
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