Old English · suffix
-siene
- Part of speech
- suffix
- IPA
- /ˈsi͜yː.ne/
- Syllables
- ˈsi͜yː · ne (2 syllables)
Meaning
relating to sight: -seen, -visible, -sighted
ēage (“eye”) + -siene → ēagsīene (“apparent”)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *-siunī. Cognate with Old High German -siuni. Equivalent to sīen + -e, literally “with a certain sight.”
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