sy- The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

Appendix I

Indo-European Roots

ENTRY:	sy-
DEFINITION:	Also s-. To bind, sew. Contracted from s(y)u-. I. Basic form sy-. sew, from Old English seowian, siowan, to sew, from Germanic siwjan. II.* Variant form s-. 1. seam, from Old English sam,* seam, from Germanic saumaz. 2. suture; accouter, couture, from Latin suere* (past participle stus), to sew. 3. Suffixed form s-dhl-. subulate, from Latin sbula,* awl (< “sewing instrument”). 4. Suffixed form s-tro-. sutra; Kamasutra, from Sanskrit stram,* thread, string. III. Suffixed shortened form syu-men-. hymen, from Greek humn,* thin skin, membrane. (Pokorny s- 915.)


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