Feminine

zeis

Concepts

scythe-blade

Frequency

31k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/zɛi̯s/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle Dutch seise, seisene, from Old Dutch *sagisna, *segisna, from Proto-West Germanic *sagisnu. Cognate with German Sense. More distantly related to English scythe (the Dutch cognate of which is zicht).

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